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SOUTHERN BANNER APRIL 1878, Official County d City Printer. 5 fsr Oconee and Madison Counties. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. HIok. Bro. Joe O’Farrell, of the Chron> >'cle, is qoite sick'with -measles. *We hope very soon to note his recovery. Sensations. The only sensations in the city for the past week have been the presence of a champion billiard player and two wandering Italian musicians. Henry On account of an engagement pre viously made, will not accept the in vitation tendered him by the Ladies* Memorial Association to deliver the address on memorial day. Archer Clubs. Are becoming fashionable with the young ladies of our city. They are reported as being very profioient in target shooting, especially when they use cupid’s arrow. Correction. In our last issue, from information received, we reported, under the head of “Fire Notes’’ that Mr. Bol ton’s house, near Moore’s Grove church, was burned. ’■ Wo are glad to learn that we were misinformed. Complimenla ry Concert. A complimentary concert will be given by Burns Silver Comet Band on the 23d of April, for flic benefit of Prof. A. J. Wuriu. We have no doubt but that the halj will be crowd- *3 as heretofore by the lovers of music to witness another performance by this popular “ band of brothers.” G . ive -£ h & Professor a full house—he deservdrit. * ' « Col. Pleas. Stovall. We were glad to meet in our sanc tum last week Col Pleas. Stovall, of 'the- Augusta CkrohieUt out# Gonstt- tutionaHst. There is, perhaps, no young journalist in the State that has a wider popularity as & spicy writer and newsgntherthfmouryonngfrierfd, or one who makes less ostentation or ambitious display over his cleverly won honors. As he made his debut as a newspaper man from this office, we feel a great pride in his success. That he is an oraameiit to the press of Georgia, the many readers of the Chronicle can testify. He is on a short visit to his family for the pur pose of recuperation, and we trust that when he returns to bis field of arduous labor, that on his cheek, “ The roses will bloom again.’’ Prlao Drill- The following are the rules and regulations that will govern the prise plume drill of tile Athens Guards which will take place April 22d, 1878, and which the public are invited to attend : 1— Eacli man shall be fully equips ped, (coat, pants, cap, gloves, gun, belt, box and bayonet.) 2— No man shall enter the ranks [Communicated.] ! Keep It Before the People. Banks County. • The following letter, coining from Dr. Carlton.—I arrived at Ho- | lht ‘ so,,rc e it did, and calculated, pos- iner on Tuesday morning last just in j lo create fioliiical dissensions time to witness the adjournment of j j n “"^specling minds if the author nuel after thd drill hfcs commenced. /f’rpf’H bei^k. of arms only. 7—There shall be a rest of three minutes after each five minutes drill. 5— The Judges shall be governed by Upton’s U. S. Infantry tactics of 1874. 6— No catch command shall be giveu except when the judges con- j around barn-yards and last, but not the spring term of the Court. The people of that good county may, like the people of other counties, fall out, disagree with and fight each oilier, bat if they do, granger-like, they arbitrate their difficulties, and a law yer who would go there expecting to make a living out- of their disagree ments would do well to take his ra tions with liim. Banks is indeed a good county. Farms and farm-lionses are in good repair; horses and mules look as if they had been well fed during win ter; cows are fat; hogs squeal To Tni-Pnycrs. D. E. Simms, our efficient Tax Re ceiver, has opened bis books, and would be glad to register therein the amount of your taxable property. Call on him. a Poor. A young lady who edits a paper in a neighboring city says : We do not look so well to-day as usual, on ac count of the non-arrival of the malee. ' " ■ T; W: Ayers. Last Tuesday we received a call from T. W. Ayers, Esq. of the Frank lin County Register, who visited our city in the interest of his sprightly and newsy journal, and‘was gratified to learn that he met with substantial success from our merchants and business men during his stay. Brother Ayers makes a good newspaper man and we always look' forward with pleasure _to the. day when the mail brings us the Register. Brother A. is undoubtedly one of the best look ing men that belongs to the press, and we would remind our lady read ers that he is on the market. sider it necessary. But should a wrong command be given by acci dent, any one executing it shall be thrown out. 7—Thereshr.il be no appeal from the decision ot the judges. The judges will be the commis sioned officers of the company, as sisted by Capt. Lane and Capt. Floyd of the University Battalion. [Written for the Southern Banner.I WHKM THOU DIDST t'l.DIB TIIK KOLKP.S STAIR. least, the whole-face of the earth is alive with chickens, and eggs nre not a rarity. Having visited Homer in the inter est of the Banner, it was gratifying is not exposed^ is so obnoxious to true, country-loving men that we have (>een requested by many of the best, ftaunchest and most patriotic Demo crats, in this and other counties, to reproduce it with the same com ments that appeared in our last issue. We gladly give space to the docu ment again and hope it will receive the attention it deserves. [From th« Georgia Republican.] Please allow a space in your paper to give the readers of the Niuth Dis trict some very important facts. During a spirited controversy be tween Col. Emory Speer and Deputy U. S. Marshal Bitch, 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 to see the readiness witir^.iclf de- * would to every Re io see me reaatness witu which at. p U [,],can, “ irrespective of race, color Religious Notice. Wednesday evening, April 10th inst, will be devoted to worship with song, at the Baptist Church. The religious public are invited to attend. Services begin at 8 o’clock, P. M. C. D. Campbell, Pastor. Captured. The thief who stole Mr. Lester’s mare some time since rode her to Alabama and sold her; stoic her again and rode her to West Point and sold iier again. He then stoic her the third time, made hi9 way to Marietta, where he was captured. The marc has been returned to her owner. Sunday S«-liool Concerts. It has been agreed by the different Protestant churches to have a con cert of sacred song the last Sabbath in each month. The first of these concei ts was held at Oconee street Methodist church on Sunday, the 30th ultimo, and was very interest ing. The next one will be held with the Presbyterian church on the 4th Sunday of the present month. Miialcal Information. Ninety thousand copies have al ready been sold of Will L. Thomp son’s famous song “ Gathering Shills from the Sea Shore.'” It is thought that ** Drifting with the Tide? this author's last composition, will even eclipse “ Gathering Shells'' in popu larity. Any music dealer will mail cither of these beautiful pieces to your address on receipt of price, 40 cents. Published by W. L. Thompson & Co., East Liverpool, Ohio. HV LL’KI.I.A KIDD. Written (in tbe Death of a Brother. When thou diilrt elitnb tbe golden stair Many a heart welcomed thee there. First of all, a father most dear, Welcomed his boy with a happy tear; Scarcely didst thou know him on earth, For he was taken soon alter thy birth ; But thau didst know him in heaven almve, And he has bleat thee with his love. The next who came to n eet thee there Was a cherub sister, with golden hair: God lent her to us a little while Theu called to Uoareu his lovely child. Other sisters thou hadst here. But none wi a half so dear As was she who met thee there When thou didst climb the golden stair. Another did take thee by the hand And welcome thee in his happy band— ‘Twas a brother—your companion here— For whom then grieved with n-?nv a tear Joyful must your meetiug h»>o u..n lit that happy home free from sin— You were not n stranger there When you climbed the golden stair. The last of loved ones to see thy face Was he who took thy father’s place— He who loved the fatherless boy And made thy life a life of joy. Gladly he pressed thee to his heart. For von were never more to part— Smiles of joy wreathed the faces there When you climbed the golden stair. Aching hearts here breathe a prayer That they’ll soon be climbing the goldt-n stair; One by one tbe Father will call Until not one is left of all. Of all those most dear to then May you them in heaven see; For we know thou art watching there To see them climb the golden stair. Atlanta, April 2, 1878. A Great Historical Work. The National Publishing Company has just issued a fine Pictorial History of the world by J. D. McCabe. This book embraces full and au thentic accounts of every nation of ancient and modern times, including a history of the rise and fall of the Greek and Roman Empires, the middle ages, the growth of the na tions of modern Europe, etc. A valuable feature of the book, is a full history of the late war between Rus sia and Turkey. The work contains 650 fine illustrations, and the whole mechanical execution is splendid. The price is so low that every one can afford to purchase a copy. The same company are also issuing a very fine illustrated family Bible, which is highly endorsed by many of the resident ministry, for its beauty, and the volume and variety of its addi tional matter. Both works aro sold by subscriptions and Mr. Saltus is now canvassing for them, and will call upon our citizens. Our Police. Athens boasts of as efficient police lorce as any city in the South. They arc gentlemanly in their deportment, always at the post of duty, brave, but kind to the unlortunates who fall into their bauds for violation of law, nnd all havo more or less detective skill. The last shrewdness displayed by them was the arrest of the noto rious chicken thief who has given so much trouble to our citizens and the re-capture of a large number of the ohickens that had been stolen. — ——-♦ • Hooka at Auction. J. I. Palmer will sell at auction this evening at 7:30 o’clock at his auction room, next door to S. C. Dobbs, the finest collection of standard and miscellaneous books ever offered in this city. The collection comprises the greatest varioty of valuable works in the various departments of literature, including sets of Dickens, Waverly novels, historical works, fine bibios, standard novels and poets, etc., etc. Ladies and gentlemen are invited t o call and examine them during the day. Sales will continuo every evening until further notice. Dcatructlvo Plrc. McDuffie Journal: We regret to announce that the fine country resi dence of Capt. Thomas A. Hamilton, of this county, with nearly all the furniture in it, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night last. The fire oo- cured about 1 o’clock and was first discovered in the cook room, in the ell of the building. No other person was in the house except the Captain and his family. Mr. E. S.j Harrison, and Mr. Wat Harrison, near neighbors, came to their assistance as quick as possible, but the flames spread so rapidly that little could be done. They managed to save nearly all of the parlor furni ture, one bed and some wearing apparel, but everything else in the house was consumed. Capt. H. lost all of his books and valuable papers and about 8300 in money. Mrs II. lost a fine watch and all of herjewclery. ’file total loss cannot fall fir short of S10,000. No insurance. This is, indeed, a severe misfortune, and elicits for Capt. Hamilton the sympathies of our entire community. All Fool’s Day. The custom of playing off jokes on the unwary on the first of April is still in vogue throughout the length and breadth of the land, and some very amusing ones were perpetrated in this city on that day, some of which were very cleverly concocted. We heard of two or three which linquent subscribers liquidated the claims against them. New names were added to the list ot subscribers and none of the old ones that did not order their papers continued. In the afternoon, before the crowd adjourned, all were reminded that the political campaign had opened by speeches from Col. Carey W. Styles, in advocacy of the organized De mocracy, and by Cols. Turnbull and . Speer h, advocacy of the lndepen- ™ a “ R, J ch appointed Deputy ? f f , R:tch, during the election in D dent movement. Col. Styles dealt " .... - some heavy blows at the Independent movement, and produced arguments sufficient to convince any one of the importance of party organization. Cols. Turnbull and Speer arc both good talkers; the trouble is they talk too much. Their speeches lack “or ganization.” The former accused yourself, or the Banner, of misrepre senting the Independent movement by accusing the advocates thereof as being in sympathy with the Radical party and the Radical party with i*. For proof I referred him to Heard’s letter to the Atlanta Republican and requested him to read it to the audi ence. He could not find time to do so. - _il The last named speaker made but one point worthy of note, to-wit: That if he went to Congress he would see where some of the money went which was extracted from the j ock- ets of the “mountain boys” who were charged with illicit distilling. I wanted to tell him that the people wanted a man to represent them who or previous condition,”' stick this up where yqu 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 said about the Northeastern bonds—he is uot yoifr friend. If ho 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 ~ * - Mr Decem 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 ; soevery Republican that can read, or who hus 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. - Council Proceeding?. } m) wo would seek to have that department give for what they are worth. A .T. H. HUGGINS No. 7 Broad Street, Athens, Ga., still continues Jo sell Crockery, Glass Ware and Lamps, cheap for cash. Wests No. 1. Oil, 20 cts. retail and as low at wholesale as it can he 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, lame and Cement. I would call special attention to a new inven tion—the celebrated long Wool Dus- ter, Lamp Mats and Chimney Clean ers. They are useful as well as or namental. I ain 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, Tabte and Teaspoons. My 6tock of Bridles, Saddles and harness ^complete. charming young lady who resides on Thomas street prepared a supper for a party of young men, and among the many palatable dishes placed be fore them was a platter of batter- cakes. These cakes “disappeared like mist before the rising sun,” and were soon immersed in butter and syrup, and then came “the tug of war.” The young lady nicely insert ed a piece of Wamsutta bleaching into them, and when the young men essayed to devour these three-ply battercakes, their feelings can be bet ter imagiued than described. Another young lady living on Baldwin street, who has a lively dis position and enjoys a joke, super intended the arrangement of the ta ble on the first of April, and the re sult was that her guests found salt in the sugar dish and water in the syrup stand. The young ladies of an up-town school also played off a practical joke on the school-mistress on that day. Early in the morning they secreted the bell, shook the dust of the school yard from their feet and passed the day in angling for the “finny tribe’* in a pond near the city. Late in the evening they returned home and begged forgiveness. It is not known whether they were forgiven or not, but rumor says they went aupperless to bed; we are not sure whether this is true or not, but we do know that if such a bevy of pretty girls should play ua such a joke they could have our forgiveness with all the jam and milk there was in the cupboard. Many other little incidents of a pleas ing character took place during the i day. of the revenue service abolished, but as it wasn’t my day to speak I did not say anything. The people are aware that this is and has been the position of the Banner and the paper is more popular in consequence the- e- of. “ Lay on McDuff,’’ etc. While alluding to the popularity of the Banner, it will not be out of place to state that there are subscrib ers in Banks who have taken the paper for, twenty, thirty and forty years One in particular I will allude to—Major Pruitt, one of the oldest and most influential citizens of the county, just previous to his marriage in 1835, came to Athens to buy his wedding suit. While in Athens he subscribed to the Banner, which at that time was edited by Col. Holsey, and has been a regular subscriber ever since. Farming operations arc going on vigorously. Wheat and oats are looking tolerably well. I noticed good stands of corn already up in some places and cotton is being plan ted. May prosperity always attend the good people of Banks county. *C. 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 ter cents, by our Druggist, C. W. Long «fc Co. is because of the enormous expense of importing the Hepatine into this coun try ; but as there are fifty doses jn 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 ten cts. at C. W. Long & Co., Drug store. Three doses relieves any case ot dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion or liver complaint, in the world. Regular size bottles, fifty doses, $1.00. C. W. Lotto d Co. Democrats of the 9th 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 columns is true; that the Indepen dent movement and Republicanism arc in full sympathy, having, only un der different names, one and the same purpose, viz: The defeat of the organized Democracy. Then, in as much as by co-operation and conceit 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 and 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 only sure means of defeating the Democracy. If the 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 its re newed ’efforts for the maintainance of good government and sound Demo cratic principles then we 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 ce- menter of Independents and Radicals is, we 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 in our possession whloh 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 timo* CotjNCiL Chamber, Athens, Ga., April 2, 1878, 4 o’clock p. The regular monthly m< eting of Council was held this evening. Pres ent, His Honor, Mayor Rucker and n full board of Aldermen. The minutes of the last four meet ings were read and confirmed. Petitions of memlters of the Catholic Church asking the Council to com mence the filling up of i h<- hollow in the Catholic Church lot, in accordance with an agreement made between the City and Church some three or four years ago. The matter was referred to the Mayor with instructions to proceed with the work as fast as dirt cau bs procured without much cost to the City. The monthly reports of tl e Treas urer, Chief of Police and Clerk of Market were read and received The Mayor stated that he noticed in a communication in one of the City papers this week, that their was some disposition among the Directors of tv Northeast Railroad, to remove th« Guano Depot farther back on the road, provided the City would open a street that would make it accessable. On motion of Aldermen Lucas the Mayor and Street Committee were in* structed to investigate the matter and report back to Council. The followiri>j resolution was adopt ed in regard to School House lot deed ed to the City by Mr. Bloomfield. Whereas, Robert L. Bloomfield did, •n the twelfth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy three, convey to tbe city of Athens by deed of Inden« ture duly recorded in the Clerks office of the Superior Court of Clarko County and State of Georgia, all that tract or parcel of land in said city, and known and distinguished in the plan of said City as the Free School lot, near the Old Grave Yard, being (No. 3.) number three in the survey containg thirty-two hundredths (32- 100) of an acre, more or less. And whereas, the Brck School House thereon has been burned up and destroyed by fire, and the said City of Athens having failed to re build and repair the same, the said House and lot have become forfeited to the Trustees of the University of Georgia in the teems of said deed of Indenture. Be it therefore ordained and de clared by the saitl city of Athens, by and through its Mayor and Aldermen in Council met, that the said House and lot, be ami tbe same are hereby forfeited by the Trustees of the Uni versity of Georgia in terms of said deed of Indenture, and said Mayor aud Aldermen hereby disclaim all right and title to the same. And he it further ordained, that there be a copy of this Preamble and Ordinance duly signed by the Mayor and Clerk of Council, under the seal of the said City of Athens, furnished the said Trustees. The question of Taxation for the present year was then brought up, and after considerable discussion, a decision of the matter was delerred until Tues day evening naxt at 8 o’clock P M. On motion af Alderman Hodgson, tha Chief of Police was instructed to enforce the collection of all Tax Exe cutions in his hands at once. The following bills were ordeied to be paid, Southern Banner $12,50; A. S. Dorsey 89,00. Council adjonrned to meet Tuesday evening next at 8 o’clock. W. A. Gillelaxd, Clerk- ,