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SOUTHERN BANNER: APRIL 8, 1878. Gfticial County and City Printer. Organ for Oconee and Madison Counties. LOCAL DEPARTMENT." Soiledu lo Changed. A slight change has been made in the schedule of the N. E. Road. The morning train arrives at 10:15 instead of 11:30 as heretofore. Sociables. Our young people are losing none of the time allotted them for enjoy* meat, and nearly every night there is a party somewhere in the city. Picnics and fishing parties will soon he in order. Peinonal. Charley Aubrey, of White county is on a visit to Athens. He was powerful glad to see somebody. Dr. James Camack and family, of Athens, are the. guests of Judge J. M. Welborn, of Warrenton, the Dr’s, father-in-law. Prci' Hcholarslilp The prudential committee of the State University has granted the Richmond County High School the same free scholarship as that given by the Lucy Coob Institute, which was published in the Banner some weeks ago. 1 mpi'uvements. Besides repairing of all kinds, we summarize as follows as to improve ments now going on and in contem plation in Athens. Reaves it Nich olson, warehouse; Ab. Dorsey, Brick store; Dr. Huunicut, three large stores; Moss & Thomas, large ware house ; Cotton Compress Co., cotton Seed oil mill. Athens Guards. . The membership of this company is rapidly increasing and it will not be many .lays before their ranks will be full. It is amusing to bystanders but somewhat perplexing to the officers to witness the drilling of the green squad. It is almost as easy to learn a baby to walk as it is to learn new beginners to catch and keep the step. New IIualneHM. Other evidences of the increasing and permanent prosperity of Athens may be witnessed in the opening of a large Auction House by Mr. J. I. Palmer, of Augusta, and a candy manufactory and baker shop by Mr. C. Bode, of Milledgeville. The pro prietors of these enterprises are pleased with Athens and their busi- ness prospects. NIemorlal Day. Wc learn that Henry \V. Grady has been selected by the Ladies Me morial Association as their orator on Memorial day. Our people who are interested in the success he has al ready achieved, hope that his accep tance will give them the opportunity of again hearing him. Chicken Tliluvcs Chicken thieves are numerous in the city at present, and complain of suffering at their hands. The most heartless raid was that perpetrated on the coop of Master Johny Carlton. He had a beautiful brood of buff cochins consisting of a hen and eleven chicks, and some heartless thief went one night last week and stole the entire brood. Johny wouldn’t care if he were to get a bone crosswise in his throat when he goes to eat them. “ Georgia KalLroaU, -J The article nndcr this heading to be found elsewhere, is published l»y request. We have a long communi cation on the same subject which will appear in our ncit is&ie. • * ■ 1 Knocked on the Head. A difficulty occurred on Monday night, 25th inst., at the colored Methodist church below Winterville, between Sam Johnson and another colored man, in which the former struck the latter with a rock inflicting a serious wound, which, it is thought will prove fatal. Both of the men were members of the same church. Hook and. Laddor. When the alarm of fire was sounded last Wednesday evening, Hook and Ladder came promptly and swiftly down Broad street. In making the turn at Burke & Fleming’s their truck became unmanageable, and ran into a mule and buggy standing opposite the National Bank. The buggy was overturned in the collis- sion and the mule got his back up and marched off up the street very much disgusted at the proceeding. The tongue of the truck was broken off in the collision. Our Mineral Spring. There is a bonanza for some capi talist who will build a hotel and bath house at the mineral spring and beautify the grounds. There are several beautiful building sites, and the bold stream which runs near the spring has such a magnificent fall that baili bouses could be erected at comparatively small expense. Be- sides this, the original growth oflarge oaks—the hills and valleys combine to make it, with the proper outlay of money, one of the most attractive places in the South. ATHENS BOLL Cotton Seed Oil Mill to bo U j T&jf j I III II I erprtsing finft of RticRer, Hull & Thomas, proprietors of the Cotton Compress will, at an early day, begin the erection of suitable buildings and put therein the proper machinery for the manufacture ofi cold pressed cotton seed oil. This firm, we believe, had contemplated making the investment, but hud not perfected their arrangements at the time of the appearance of the edito rial in the Banner on that subject. A few eays ago a member cf the firm called at the office and informed ns that we were at liberty to make public their determination to begin work immediately. The members of this firm are all young men—full of energy and en terprise, and are doing as much to develop the commercial interests of Athens as any firm in our midst, and wc arc always more than glad to note the merit of such individuals or firms. Success to you, gentlemen. Yon have made another move in the right direction ; and while, beyond doubt, your firm will be repaid for the in vestment, Athens will receive her share of the benefit. Rase Hall. A very spirited game of base ball came off last Thursday evening be tween the University Nine and the AthcusClub. Quite a crowd of spec tators, both old and young, were on the campus to witness the sport. The two clubs are nlxim eqn- lly matched, and all those that were present regret that night came on before the game was finished. They will measure their strength again next Thursday evening. The following is the score for the eight innings : Hat Lost. A gentleman of onr city thought the other day he had encountered a natural-born juvenile legerdemain performer, when approached by a youth of ten summers who told him he would wager him a quarter he con'd cut out the crown of hjs hat anil replace it. The money was staked, the crown promptly cut out, and after turning it about in several ways the youth concluded he had forgotten the trick. The owner of the hat sauntered off bare-headed in the direction of a "hat store singing— “Oh ! I’ll go there no more.” UNIVERSITY BASE BALL CLUB. It. H. Tucker 1 ... ... 1 L. L. Hunnicutt —j...II ii... Jeff McClesky i lL.! ll 1 ...j 1L..L-1 A. W. Smith. ...i [...i... l! F. M. McClesky !... | I Hubert Jaeksou.. Peter Finch I!-.. 1 Mr. McFarland j... : 1 ... lj t O. C. Fuller |...| ....; l|... Total 2 116 1 ATHENS BASK BALL CLUB. T. Hodgson.. ! lj... John H. Hull-...™ ...I... A. Keuue ...I.„ J. Hamilton ....... 8. C. Reese E. G. Potter — Mr. 8tokely_._....„...^.._.. J. Hodgson. J. P. Vincent W. Nicholson 1 ...it l .. |_ 1 ...... drowned. Had Termination of a Life Once Pull of Promise. On Saturday, the 23rd ult., Mr. Mack Smith, of Jackson county, came to Athens and was frequently seen on our streets in company with his friends until Wednesday evening, the 27th. During that day he had not been absent from Broad street, as any one noticed, until about seven o’clock, when lie was seen at McGin- ly’a store, rear the town hall. No particular attention was paid to him at this point, and nothing is known of his perambulations until about half-past nine o’clock, when Mr. J. W. Parker, who lives near the ford at the lower bridge, heard cries of help, help! The night was very daik —the wiud was blowing very hard and raiu falling, an l all appearances seemed to indicate a storm. Mr. Parker did not, at first, heed the cry for help. Finally he concluded to ascertain the cause— weut in the di rection whence the cry proceeded and saw a man standing about waist deep in water. Before Mr. P. saw him, however, he hai ed the distressed party to know where he was at. “I am in the river,’’ he replied. “Come towards tne !” exclaimed Mr. P. “I don’t believe I can,” said Mr. S. in reply. Mr. Parker then went to get a light hoping to attract the atten tion of the doomed man and get him to pull for the shore. Before a light could be procured, however, the un fortunate man had floated to the mid dle of tl.e stream and was making his last life-struggle. In a few mo ments he sunk only to be rescued a lifeless corpse. Information of the sad disaster was conveyed to a few parties and although it continued to rain vciy bard, a few brave hearts went immediately to work to rescue the body. A party, consisting of Policemen Turner Moon and Henry Slmrlcy, W. D. O’Farrell and Messrs. R. and T. Eberhart, secured the boat that plies the river between the upper and lower factories^ anil after 5 ■TV 1 l - Total . 1|..., J lj 1 S 2; o o.l i »;n International Hunday Hl-IuniI Convention. The second quadrennial session of the International Sunday School Con vention will be held at the First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., on the 17th, 18th and 19th of April next. Delegates will be present from all sections of the United States, Canada ami parts of Europe. Many of the most distinguished Sunday School workers of the world will be in at tendance. The Sunday School jubilee takes place at Oglethorpe Park, April 20 th. Fire Notes. Quite a number of fires have oc curred iu and around the city during the past week, though so far as as we can learn, little damage was done, except in one or two instances. On Sunday, the 24th inst., a fire broke out in the old fields and com municated to the outhouses at the Bobbiii Mill, which completely des troyed the stables and a large lot of wood. On the same day the residence of Mr. John Cobb, in this city, was discovered to be on fire but was piomptly extinguished betore any damage was done. On the same day a fire broke out on the plantation of Mr. W. F. Mat thews, six miles in the country, and destroyed about two miles of fencing. On the same day the roof of Mrs. Brit Ware’s house, was discovered to be on fire but was extinguished be fore any damage was done. Mr. Jones, of Winterville, lost about one thousand rails on the same day from fire. A fire broke out in the woods aronnd Moore’s Grove church, six miles from Athens, on the same day, and notwithstanding the combined efforts of the membership of the above church, to stay the flames, Mr. James Bolton’s residence, in close proximity to the church, was des troyed before the flames stayed. Wednesday evening the roof of John Moore’s housi was discovered to be oil fire, but was extinguished before any < I am age was sustained. above article does not prove suffi cient to show the purposes of co-op erative Independents and Radicals and equally serve to arouse and ce ment the Democratic party in it* re newed efforts for the maintainance of good government and sound Demo cratic principles then wc must con fess that other evidences and further argument are useless. For the information of all who may be curious to know who this champion correspondent and cc- menter of Independents and Radicals is, wc will state that by transposing the initials at the bottom of the let-* ter we have the true anthor’s name. He is a colored Republican of the cityof Athens, and his name is W. H Heard. He was a champion in the Independent movement in this county last fall and from letters iu our possession which he has recently written to leading Radical negroes in adjoining counties, intends to try his band in the Congressional race. These letters will come to light at the proper time* Burke’s Hook Store. Messrs. Burke & Fleming having dissolved co-partnership, A. r. Burke advertises his removal nearly oppo site the old stand, in Newton House block, 3d door from corner. Go and see him. ■ A Neat Barber Hhop. The Barber Shop of Reid <fc Har ris has been undergoing repairs for the last two weeks, and throngh the skill of the plasterer and painter, and the good taste of the barbers themselves, they now have one of the most handsome rooms in the city. All their furniture has been newly painted—the walls are hurg with beautiful pictures, while over head is a perfect boqnet of various colored paper artistically arranged. Call on them. Their prices are as follows; Shaving 15c.—by ticket 10c; hair cutting 25o; shampooing 25o; charges for dyeing whiskers ac cording to size. Keep always on hand hair tonics, pomades, hair oil, dyos, &c. Hist of Letters. The following list of letters are advertised in the Athens Post-office, March 26th, 1878. Persons calling for said letters will please state they are advertised and date: Miss Eliza Birdell. Elizebeth Callier. Woodson Echols, Miss Emma Foster. Sallie Fellows. N. C. Harris. Horree Johnson. Isaac Morris. Mrs. Katie Norman. Miss Lnla Parks. Aron Powell J. W. Rogers & Co. E. R. Smith J. T. Smith. John Sheppard. Miss Jennie Smith. Bob T. Sevy. J. M. Tarver, Ann F. Wharton. Miss Mary White. Nelie Ware. The Nortlienstern Itallrosul. A reporter of the Chronicle and Constitutionalist interviewed Judge King the oilier day on the subjeet of railroads. The Judge admitted that the Northeastern had hurt the Geor gia road very much. The secret: It is managed very economically—one engine does all the work—it has de veloped r splendid section of country, and completed a short line of freight both from the West and the East. Another cause : Give Jim Galloway, Mr. Argrove to help him, and furnish the two with a hand hammer, eold chisel, file ami a little emory, and they wouldn’t give a cent for a ma chine shop. A Splendid Officer. As an evidence that Deputy U. S. Marshal Riteh, is popular even with those whom he arrests for violating the law, we will state that he carried six prispners from Athens to Atlanta in a wagon r.ot long since, without confining either one of them. Before leaving Athens Capt. Ritch informed the prisoners that it was his duty to deliver them in Atlanta and if they would promise him to go without trouble he would not use the means which he was justified in using. The prisoners made and fulfilled their promise. They were two days and nights on the road. Early on the morning of the second, Capt. Ritch awoke from his slumber and not a prisoner was to be seen in camps, Very soon they were seen marching up from a branch hard by whence they had gone to arrange their toilets. an hour of hard aud constant labor, Mr. O’Farrell succeeded, in water 12 feet deepf in hitching his grappling hook into his clothing aud bringing him to the surface. His body was safely landed on shore and taken im mediately lo the station house where it was watched over until day by Mr. Deniore and Messrs. Moon andSher- ley, of the police force. Thursday morning messengers were dispatched who informed the family of the sad occurrence. Relatives and friends promptly took charge of the remains which after being shrouded and cof fined, were sent off on the 5 p. m. train on the North eastern Road to Nickerson Station, near which place he lived aud was buried. The deceased was a member of one of the best families of Jackson county, and in former years held po sitions of honor and trust in his county. Ilis father, who survives him, is an influential citizen and farmer, and nearly 80 years of age. Ilis wife, whose maiden name was Johnson, has always been one of the most devoted aud self sacrificing com panions that ever blessed the mar riage union. None know her but to love her. May the God of mercy comfort the aged parent and sorrow ing wife, and may all young men who may become acquainted with the facts of the unfortunate death of this intelligent but imprudent man learn a lesson of wisdom therefrom. A shiprecked sailor waiting for a sail is like a business man sitting at home nursing a cough or cold. Get Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup and be cured. The Ninth Congressional Dis trict. [From the Georgia Republican.] Please allow a space in your paper to give the readers of the Ninth Dis trict some very important facts. During a spirited controversy be tween Col. Emory Speer and Deputy U. S. Marshal Ritch, it has come to light that Dr H. H. Carlton, one of the aspirants for Congress in this Dis trict, went to Washington City last winter to use his influence to have the present U. S. Marshal appointed in stead af Maj- Smyth, the then efficient Marshal. 1 would say to every Re publican, “ irrespective of race, color or previous condition,” stick this up where you can see it in November when you go to the polls to vote, and be sure not to vote for Dr. Carlton. It matters not what may be sail about the Northeastern bonds—he is not your friend. If he is, why did he leave his business and go to Washing ton to have such an officer as Maj. Smyth removed, and Fitzsimmons appointed ? This is a question tor every Republican look into. Why did he give his signature to have this man Ritch appointed Deputy ? Mr. Ritch, during the election in Decern ber, used his influence for the organiz ed Democracy, and maltreated colored men tor voting and working for the Independent candidate. I say to the Republicans of the Ninth, do not be bulldozed by such men ; poll every vote in your power against them We have no papers in our District through which to correspond with Re publicans; so every Republican that can read, or who has children that can read, should take the Georgia Repub lican,, the only Republican paper in the State. Mr. Editor, we are a standing up in this part of the State. We may not be able to elect a Republican, but we are determined to defeat the organized Democracy next November, as we did last December. Yours, H. H. W. Merchant Tull or. M. E. Young, formerly with Lucas & Ware, has opened, on Broad street* third door above University Bank, a magnificent stock of goods of all kiuds for gentlemens’ ware. Cutting of all kinds done in the latest stvlc. Champion Debaters. Messrs. J. G. Russell, B. H. Wal ton and G. H. Jackson, Phi Kappas, and Messrs. Brown, Huguley and Armstrong, Demosthcnians have been elected as champian debaters at the approaching Commencement. The Dime Club. The Methodist dime sociable meets at Mr. James Reaves, on Tuesday evening, April 5th. All are cordially invited to attend. “Do yon really think, William,’’ said Mrs. Brown to her husbaud, “ that the telephone will ever be as generally used as the telegraph?” Why, yes,’’ replied Brown, “ the time is coining when it will be as common to telephone as it is now to tell—a fib!” J. H. HUGGINS No. 7 Broad Street, Athens, Ga., still continues to sell Crockery, Glass Ware and Lamps, cheap for cash. Wests No. 1. Oil, 20 cts. retail and as low at wholesale as it can be laid down from Baltimore in five barrel lots. Sewing Machine Oil a special ty. Lubricating and Tanner’s Oil. A good stock of Wood and Tin Ware, Lime and Cement. I would call special attention to a new inven tion—the celebrated long Wool Dus ter, Lamp Mats and Chimney Cleau- ers. They are useful as well as or namental. I am agent for the sale of Briggs & Bro’s. celebrated Garden and" Flower Seed. Also a large lot Bunkum Cabbage Seed. I sell every description of cutlery, Table and Teaspoons. My stock of Bridles, Saddles and harness is complete. Democrats of the 9tli Congression al District, the above letter needs no comment—it speaks for itself, and goes to prove beyond a doubt, that what we have so often stated in these columus is true; that the Indepen dent movement and Republicanism are in full sympathy, Laving, only un der different names, one and the same purpose, viz: The defeat of the organized Democracy. Then, in as roach as by co-operation and concet t of action the Radicals and Indepen dents are seeking to subserve the same ends we challenge any one to show us the difference in their politi cal platforms. Unquestionably the Independents base their greatest hopes aud expectations of success upon that strength which they are so assiduously seeking and court ing from the Radical ranks, while the above communication clearly sets forth the fact that the Radical party consider the Independent movement as offering the best, most favorable and, perhaps, the ouly sure means of defeating the Democracy. If the Yi s, we can change a fifty dollar bill if you want a bottle of Globe Flower Cough Syrup, the greatest Cough and lung remedy in the world; or if you want to try it first and see if what the Hon. Alex. H. Stepens, Ex- Gov. Smith, Ex-Gov. Brown and Hon. Robert Toombs of Georgia, says about it is true, you can get a Sample Bottle for ten cents at Dr. C. W. Long, & Co, Drug Store, Athens Ga, that relieves an ordiuary cold. The Globe Flower Cough Syrup never bad an equal for Coughs, Colds and Lung Affections. It positively cures Consumpton when all other boasted remedies fail. Sample Bottles, ten cents. Regular size, fifty doses, $1.00. Next Town, ahead where they loan a dollar and chalk it down till to morrow, for a bottle of Merrell’s Heapatink for the liver. The enor mous expense of importing the ingre dients of this great liver medicine into this country, is why our Druggists, Dr. C. W. Long, & Co, Athens Ga, sell but one sample bottle to the same person for ten cents; b.ut as theie are fifty doses in the large size bottles, it is cheap enough after all at two eents pet dose, for a medicine that has never been known to fail in the cure of dys pepsia and all diseases of the liver. It has never failed in the cure of liver complaint when taken as directed, no matter of how long standing disease. It cures Chills and Fever, Constipa tion of the Bowels, Dyspepsia and. Liver Complaint. Sample Bottles ten cents; regular size, fifty doses, $1.00 A Very good Reason.—The rea son why only one sample bottle of Merrell’s Hepatine for the Liver will be sold to the same person, for t«* cents, by our Druggist, C. W. Long & Co. is because of the enormous expense of 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 aid liv er complaint. All who have not had a sample bottle are entitled t6 one for ten cts. at C. W. Long <fc Co., Drug store. Three doses relieves any case of dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion or liver complaint, in the world. Regular size bottles, fifty doses, $1.00. C. W. Long & Co,