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UNIVERSITY Or GEORGIA LIBRARY
ATHENS, GEORGIA, JUNE 4, 1878.
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VOL. 62.
OOmZSNTS.
Fibst .Pvcus.—-Mia^aUaneou* Advartiscia enu
Communication.
Second Page.—Benjamin Franklin Butler.
Miscellaneous Adverti«einents.
Third Pgf„—Miscellaneous Advertisements.
United States Cenatc.
Fourth Page.—Editorial. Phi-Kappa Notes.
Fifth Pag*.—Local Department.
Sixth Page.—.! Story that reads like a Chapter
from Les Mlserables. The Pirate Fisherman.
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Seventh Page.—ricked np in Mid-Ocean.
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Eighth Page.—Agricultural ^Department. Mis
cellaneous Advertisements.
t .aw XTOTXCES-
LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE,
A*V\<»rtn f rSflf iTR*l IS x
GANN & HEAVES, PROTKIETORS.'
Will be found at their old stand, renr Frank
lin House buildir.fr, Thomas stree t. Keep al
ways on liaud good Turnouts and ca.-elnl dri
vers. Stock well cared for when en’rusted to
our care. Stock on hand for sale a* ill rimes.
deel3tf.
. HARRIS.
Soot and SHoe-Lff alter,
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
(Otkb Jacobs & Michael’s Ftuf.3.)
First class work turned out on short notice,
at liberal prices. Give ion A call and getgoo J
material and fine work. inurvhl3-tr
| 8. DOBTCII,
* ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Camfcsville, Gn.
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D E. TUBA8IIEIt,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AVutkinaville, Ga.
Office in former Ordinary’s Office.
janS5-1878-ly
©. JV. SISQSSS,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
(Singer Machine Office, t'ollcge Avonue)
ATBSWa, - OSORG3A.
I have opened at the above place, where 1
will give strict uttcution to repairing <u>d
cleaning of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. All
work done in first class style and at reasonable
rates. Give me a call. " upril 2S-6m.
G. THOMSON,
attorney at law,
Special attention paid to criminal practice.
For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. 11. tt alts
»ud lion. David Clopteu, Montgomery, Ain.
Office over Fo-t-tHRee Athens, Gn.
febS-l*7.V:r
lOIIN W. OWEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tocoe City, Gn-
Will practice in all the counties of the West
ern Circuit, Hart and Madison of tlia Northern
< lire nit. Will give special utteuiou to ull claims
entrusted tq l»i» core. oct20-1875-ly.
TOT* Baaiion'.'
garrow Bros.,
Garden Seed!
attorneys at law, .
tlffiee over Talmadge, Hodgson & Co.
jan4~ly
Q D. lHXjL,
ATfORNE'.'
We have now the largest stock ot Seed in
this part of the State, all' of which are Fresh,
i ot a single package of old Seed in our stock.
We have also a targe stock of
STEEL HAIR BRUSHES,
The fourth lot since October last. Our
DRUGS,
[ Written for the Southern Banner.]
i To-Morrow. 3 * v
A life of caielessncss in religious
affairs was drawing to a close. I had
been taught at tny mothers knee the
great truths of the Christian’s faith.
Line upon line and precept upon pre
cept, they had been imprinted upon
my heart during my youth and early
mauhood, so that these truths were a
part of my being and no doubt ever
crossed my mind as to their reality,
The beautiful, exemplary life and tri
umphant death of my mother forced
the conviction on me that this was no
cunningly devised fable, but truth
born of God himself. Often had my
heart quivered with excitement
the recitation of the story of the
cross, and id maturer years iny heart
had been gladdened when I saw
those of the world forsaking sin and
arraying themselves on the Lord’s
side. But yet I had failed to openly
accept Christ. My life wa» pure and
the most exacting could find no fault
in so spotless a character. Not only
was l free from the crime of drunk
enness, ami allowing my lips* by a
Paints,
at lav/,
Athene, Gu.
prompt attention given to all busines. and
:be same respectfully solicited. jnnl 1-1 y
Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb.
t m: COBB, i
attorneys at law,
\ '■ b!l Athens, Ga
(Office in Deupree Building,
1878-1
Lead,
Oils,
Varnishes, Tur|>eiitine,
We can offer at low prices.
C. W. LONG & Co.,
flepll-ly Atlien*. Gu.
febSS-1876-ly
LAW.
Al** S. Erwin. Ahdraw J. Crrb.
PRWIN4COBB,
" attorneys at
Athena, Ga
yjfice on Corner of Broad and Thomas street*,
evar Child*, Nickerson & Co,
ftb29-1078-ly
^StJBUBY. MoCDBBY,
. Attoraay set Law,
Hartwell, Gboroia,
Will practice in the Superior Court* of North-
east Gcoigia un-1 Supreme Court ut Atlnntu,
£ug 8. 1876 tf -
. James B. I.yle, Alex. S. fims,
Wulki\j*viiw-. Atlien-.
s VX.tt A BlfWl v,
*• ATVOkliEYS AT LAW.
tVlil practice in■pnnnersbip in the Superior ]
I’dnvt of Oeoneo County, and attend promptly
40 ail business ialrnstc-1 to their care....^ ~
• junO-;Vn-
J.VgTc?T-V t cT OMAri,
ATTORNEYS at law,
Atlieti*, G:».
■ Office South West Corner of College Avenue
mi l Clayton Strvet, also at the Court House.
All parties desiring Criminal V\ arrant*, can get
them at any time by applying to the County
Solicitor at this office. dev lb-Is <4-11
Meriwether <&7ew,
- BLACKSMITH'S
TWO SHOPS FOR 1877.
One at the old stand in front ot
Messrs. GANN & REAVES,
The other on the road to the upper bridge and
opjMwite
Mr. JOHN Z, COOPER’S,
Livery Stable. We hove first class worktueU
HORSE SHOEISTG
of every description.
Plating and CoxcAY is Shoes
Manufactured to order.
WAGONS, BUGGIES, CAKB1AGES,
nc- and In
And all kinds of
pleuienls rep.
Mm
id on si.or
SIMMONS
Liver Regulator.
^ M. eocim.vN,
attorney at law,
Gainesville, Ga.
Ke-il Estate and General Land Agent fertile i
purohusa mill ot Miitvr.il uu-.l rutui»Hjj ,
bands in Hall, ancl the other counties ot North- j
««*t Georgia. Mineral ores tested aud titles to
property investigated. Special attention given j
! >t;io purchase uml sale ot cUy property. j
may Y—flm J. N. DOE* MY. Attorney, j
3T7SXX7T£3S CA1VX5S. '
T t A. 4LKIG
Watfc*itt»akt3r Ss
\t Mionaei’store, next door to Heaves <fc Nieh-
oi-ou’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia, All
Wtorit warranted 12 uiotdhs,
aepUi-tf-
I IVERY AND SALE STABLE.
iJ-J
C-Irrla^es* horses
■or hire'. Term* reasonable.
E. Jl . WIHTIui I A !>,
Washingtor, Wilkes e , Ga.
. vk<- U7.vt?
i Hepatiue Comp. Cathartic Pills.
Tutts Pill, Poms Plasters.
Worm Candy and Vermifuge,
Sarsaparilla, Buchu.
Tutts and Hamblcton’s Ilair Dye.
Aniline prepared for use.
Long's German Cologne.
Long’s Cologne.
! Lead, Oil, Glass and Varnish,
j Morphine, Opium, Chemicals.
Hair Brushes and Combs.
Perfumery, Toilet Soaps.
And everything in the Drui
Line, at lowest prices at
C. W. LONG & Co.'s
Drug Store,
Athens, Ga.
septll.ly.
profane oath, to desecrate.!
.»wivfe»l n»Y life -f**
even to many professed Christians
I had possessed all the virtues of fa
ther, husband, friend and citizen.
My children had received the most
careful moral and religious training.
My attention to religious duties had
been most exemplary. Thus had 1
lived to middle life. The constant
and urgent entreaties of %n earnestly
pious wife were met by the expressed
intention of at some future time
openly accepting Christ as my Savior.
Her earnest prayers, ceaselessly of
fered to God in my behalf frequently
impressed me with my duty. A sick
child, just on the verge of eternity,
wrung from me the promise that if
God would spare its life I would be
his. He heard my prayer, and the
life came back to the child hour by
hour, but ere the flush <?l health WU8
fully on Us fftfie* t failed to redeem
tny pltmdse and postponed this all
import nt step for some more con
venient occasion. Then disease laid
its hand on me. While suffering
pain—my mind half distracted by
I unadjusted worldly affairs, under the
'influence of medicine, my true wife
j sought to direct my mind to the gi cat
' truths I had so long neglected. But
j I could not grasp them. Day by
| day her tearful eyes were turned to
j Heaven for me. flic same indifter
5 cnee which characterized mein health
j was with me on my bed ol death.
As each hour passed over, her a |»-
pea'.s for me became more urgent,
and tlie anguish her face expressed
moved my soul in agony. As the
morning grew bright after the uu-
i’s toils—and now went with me to
) very verge ot the dark river,
through which I was passing.
Then I heard cries of anguish as if
yrung from souls, tom by some
^motion too powerful for control,
x realized that while my body rested
my couch, I paw no more with
my natural eyes—for in the midst of
her anguish my wife’s loving hands
d closed them. I was above her,
ious of her presence and strug-
gflng to burst some terrible bands
vliich seemed to keep me from her.
bile I struggled I uttered a sound,
it it was unheard by her. A sudden
eat brightness illumined the room,
5nd an image with a gesture of
warning and a look of solemn, yet
sorrowful anger—turned from ine.
Words it spoke to my loved ones.
It told jat a “ Father’s love of doing
jflll things well.” . Words of peace too
•it whispered uot to her ears, bat
•■her heart. Then u radiance shown
about her face, and as that-streaming
tears rolled duwUj and her trembling
uttered “thy will not mine be
alone.” All was brightness around
her, but our unsurmountable barrier
appeared between us. Around me
was darkness, the very blackness of
rkness. Gradually a force—wire-
r within, or without, I could not
Jroyemc from that dear presence
iggledTigainst it, for all I loved
was there. The only light I saw was
where she was; all else was impenetra
ble, hideous darkness. Back, back I
was forced until beyond our home,
our home so long the abode of all
earthly happiness. While I searched
for some mode of return, the house
seemed radiant with light, and shin*
ing ones ever and anon—flitted to
the room where my loved one was
beaming her messagesof love, r
Thus for two days I continued a
forced exile from iny own home. A
procession with all the puraphanalia
of a funeral oortego left the house with
slow and solemn tread. I followed
in wonder—for even then the bright
ness was around my wife and little
ones At the grave the dull heavy
fall of the sods ou the cofliu lid
wrung from my loved ones* heart a
half suppressed cry of anguish,
rushed to her, but that same irroslst*
able power livid Ine back. And
around her were “ministering an
gels” who held hvk lovingly in their
arms and whispered si oli words as
tilled her heart with that “peace
which passeth all understanding aijd
she whispered in tones that reached
me, while a halo of glory surrounded
her face, “Abba Father, my Lord
and my God.”
To her uoW* desolate home her
friends carried her and amid the
brightness of herself and the angels
who constantly hovered" if&ir her, a
brightness that appeared far 6ff, yet
near, unapproachable, yet drawing
nearer to you- <i Amid the peace and
resign men t on my wife’s face I could
$50 SRewaxcl.
ceasing watchfulness of the night—it
looked like the luster of another j still see traces of that deep, unspeak*
i world. With iny cold and clammy | able anguish : which oppressed ho,,
j hand cl; sped in hers, the death ; while le aning over iny bed ot <.eath.
damp <<:> my brow—the parched lips Again I attempted to be with het
and tin - at relieved only for au instant j whom I had so long cherished. But
t by li • cordial her loving haiidssupplid : one of the bright ones with a gesture
I my e\ esglazing in death were fixed on i I could not resist, lovingly but (irmly
■ her lace, once to me the emblem oi ] bade me go. “Go ! ’ Ah, otieie.
all earthly brightness and happiness j \\ hat was this life upon which I was
■ Now in an agony of soul which no 1 entering. Al! around was darkness;
! words could express—appealed to niv j not a sound was to be heard — noth-
groan, so deep, so dreadful that my
own soul was startled and shuddering
crept back on itt“!f Then again a
shining one Baid in language of sor
row, “Poor lest soul; you can hold
no communion with those within.
They can only understand the loving
words, born of Heaven, which come
freighted with God’s love. Such yon
know not.” A sigh, full of such
touching sympathy as could only
come from ;ui angel’s heart, followed
the words. “Poor lost soul!’’ I re
peated in wonder. Ain I lost? 1
looked again. All was darkness.
The house, my home, seemed rece
ding from me. In an agony I strug
gled but farther, farther through the
thick darkness, I fell slowly, slowly,
alone, no one near. I seemed to
hear a dreadful whisper—“cast into
outer dai k.less.’’ None to hear my
groans, now rising from iny soul.
Alone! Was this hell? Blacker yet
seemed the pall that surrounded me.
Then I heard voices sweet beyond all
earthly sounds, with hymns of praise
to Gcd, and these wards, so often
heard on earth, were burned into my
very soul—
“Ye», we will gather at the river,
The beautiful? the beautiful river,
Gather with the Mints at the river,
That flow* by the throne of Go l - ”
Then, in an instant, came a throng
ot shining ones hearing iu their arms
one of earth’s children, with face ra
diant with unspeakable joy and look
ing upward as they floated beyond
me with the speed of liulit.
All again was silence and darkness.
But far, far beyond, a light seemed
to gleam, and with son] oppressed by
the silence and darkness I sought to
approach. As I neared the spot (
strains of ravishing music burst upon
my ear, as t hey celebrated the glory
of the lamb —is this new one just
passed—threw her crown of rejoicing
at his feet and Bang with voice well
attuned to the Heavenly harps, “not
unto us, not unto iis, oh God, but un
to thy name give glory.” The pearly
gates were open—a struggle, a yearn
ing brought me nearly there. One
look was permitted me, and the
wide, golden streets of the New Je
rusalem were thronged with its myr.
iads, and their £inc feet disdaine d to
touch its surface, as they thronged
the throne «f the Most High. My
virion extended to those plains where
the pure water of the River of Life
flowed lii perpetual stream, and on
either side grew the Tree of Life
with 1*2 manners of fruit, a never
ending supply tor Heaven’s blessed
millions. I saw those who through
trial and persecution had reacVd this
heavenly laud, many like the warrior
after tbo battle, sotna were bathing
tlieii wearied limbs in thereinvigoratmg
water of life arid resting after the
well fought battle of life* beneath the
shade of the Trees. Oh! how I
longed to be there and rest my soul
already wearied beyond endurance.
But one stood of brightness far be
yond the i Sun and said, lovingly,
“Thou can’st not miter here—if thou
liad’sti known in thy dnv—but now
deep, dire, groans came from me.
Ihe only language of a lost soul.
Then I heard a voice sweet as the
lute, but like the soutid of many
waters, saying “because I have called
and no man hath answered. I hav«
stretched out iny arm and no man
regarded it. I will laugh at your
calamity and inock when your fear
cometh.” Down, down, again in
silence and darkness I flew with the
speed of light, terror and anguish
til ing my soul at the sound. Far,
faraway I desired to be from that
voice, and as iu terror, and with
nameless fear, I looked back from
the immensity of space, 1 saw an eye
from whose unwinking gaze, 1
flew faster and faster, vet I felt that
all my thoughts and deeds, the in
most. recesses of my heart u ere open
to i s ga/. . And as I saw it laid
all these tuuigs o]*e;i to me, thoughts
hidden from the eyes of those L
loved best desires as I believed long
since buried in oblivion, came before
me in the darkness as if burned into
iny soul, no lines of living light A
cry of horror, anguish and re*
peutanec burst froui iny wretched
soul. But a voice like the knell of
eternal death from the depths of hell
itself, spoke “ton late, too late *'
Solitude and darkness seemed more
than my tortured soul could bcai,
but no in my intense agony, even
that would have been a blessing, if
relieved from the All-seeing eye.
So I fled from it to the utmost
boundaries of God’s creation, and
called on the rocks and hills to hide
me from this all seeing eye. But
as I fled the light which had been
thrown into my soul added to my
agony and I prayi d ior aritjiiilation
to free me from my tortures. But
the light ill my soul grew yet strong
er, ami slowly came up front the
dark depths of my polluter! soul, all
nty opportunities and all my neglects,
the prayers of a mother, long since
in p ace and happiness came rolling
back on me from the dej<ths of
memory. I remembered as yester*
day the touch of her gentle, loving
hand as she prayed to God for :ne.
[to be continued ]
a novkiTfeature
Presents itself to those v.!:o use
Parker’3 Hair Balsam, in the discovery
of its rare and remarkable merits.
Many have written us expressing their
delight in the fact that it works like a
charm. Its disinfectant, projierties'in
chemical combination rendering .it
healthful, cleansing and healing are
bearing fruit, and t! e beanlilnl fair it
produce®, with the clean, healthy.seaVj-.
entirely freed from Dandruff and fal
ling l.air. are achievements lor which
we have reason to feel .proud A
patron assures us that he has used
twelve different Hair Prepcrat'ams ami
that Parker’s Hair Balsam ,®nrpa-?es
them all. To hair -that has become
gray or faded, it .restores that beauti
ful natural color of youth, and prod in*
ces a vigor and luxuriance that sur
prises every one. Buy a bottle from
your druggist, Dr II. T. Beui
and test its merits
Miry,
YI7ILL BE PAID FOR THE APl'KEIIEN- j _ ,• . * * *, , t ...... 1
\\ *lt>n milt delivery <>T Lather Tiiouwa, col- j Gou tor ail immortal soul, which had lug was to be seen, i was alone c.v
cept the loved ones in iny homo and
G-reJ. Saul freednum i* about IS year* okl, live j * .1.1 *2... 1 tl *.,
feet, eifflit or ten incl vts high, weighs lt55 or I lK'gitclVtl him. AlollUu DJ
W i-oimd*. is heavy eel, black, rather pleasant j Led Were in V other loved ones, but
spGKMi, anil i rote?**** to to n preat wrestler. • * 1 1 i
lio is |?mh\ ot a fcloi v and fl>?d to escape nr- j my soul went alone to her, who Jltid
^BjW 'YYiuterviUe^ugiethoij*; Co. j for so many years cheered m# amid
Y s, we can change a fifty dollar
hi.! if you want a bottle of Globe
jF lower Cough Syrup, 'he go ate A
these things are hidden from thee; ali i Gough and lung remedy in the world:
this was offered to you, hut vm, re- <ir l i( >" ?}"* :Uu! <** iS
,, T1T , : , ’ ; . •., what the Hon. Alex H. btepea®, Ex-
tlist'd. v u uh anguish ot soul I k*lt 1 q gv Smith. Ex Gov. Drown and
1 he power driving me backwards j Him- Robert Toombs of Georgia, says
from tie Gates of Heaven. Tho*e j abnufit is tru**, you can get a Sample
Grri'-s over open to receive joyously i Bottle for ten cent* at J>y t. .
v j . j Long, & Co, Drug btore, Atliei^s Ga,
that relieves an ordinary cold. The
all who are washed in the atoning
blood of the Lamb. Down, down
Globe Flower Cough Syrup never
again, into the- darkness I was driven, i had an equal for Coughs, Colds and
Terror, dread and horr'w seized mvl Lung Affections. It positively
, . , x . ^ . t n \ t cures Cousumpton when a 1 other
their guardian angels. I slrug^lea ,oul, for now, first, I fully renlixd j hoag{ed Sample Bottles
to infoiiii iny wife of iny presence, . that I had no claim to these Heaven- !e „ ceii t«.
hut the only sound I uttered was a i iy joys. I begged for mercy, but only $1.00.
Regular size, fifty dose*.