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Newspaper Page Text. .V.hens, 6a. OtVA in uU Franklin Home Bailing Briiikl, 4mv c. «!m> at the Court Uoaae. All (antes ; iLirin- criminal Warrant*, ran pet them at; to Lamar Cobb. * ii. comi, * VTTOBSKTS AT Uf, Athena, Gs{ OUte* in Denpnse &itM:np, fcliS-lSTS-ly Kl.V Ml’lilN, Attorney at Law. O:tio>> over ClulJs, Jiiekaraon & C«. . .-R/ieiw, Georgia, Will practice in the Superior Court, of ,th\ Xort'ieni Circuit, gf CoUtetione s apeoaltj. * oct-is-wis-iy- Tbcse branch colleges win take the student just where lie was let* by the publie schools, ntvl prepare him thor- "VOIa. 63 Cox, Uiu. A Tnonraox. J. J. BALDWIN & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IS foreign and domestic liquors, wines, &c., ALSO AGESTJ FCG THE CELEBRATED Stone Mountain Cora Whiskey. Corner Broad aufl Jackson Streets, Athens, (Ja. G. G. TrLpaa-as. attorney at law. WATKINS VILLE, GA. O fH. E IN COCRT-IIOCSE, orPOSITI tjrvluara'fl Urtioc. Perttouai attention tool] UibiUcs* cu rru*teJ to hid earu. n*H> * w * attorneys at law. Oifieo over Talmad^e, llotlifwn & Co. tsU-l* T.‘- iLKKe wC .Xawilor, . Nn.-a.ts Shoe Store next loot to Keeaa & •, Ur»»a«l street. At liens, Geor^a. All ‘ rv ,' 4 rrantu.l 18 tu-w-lh.. .... tTUSTA l CHARLOTTE Air-Line Railway. Passenger Department- ATLANTA . - TO- _ SA.s3XAiifi.3M CXTXJ^ra ! CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On Mill x:Ur June 1*t, 1379, Trains wfli run $ ro »t :w fulloWfe, going Ea*?: xantwasd. I* at I-uifl x v 6 43 A k we*twa or. SCHOOL BOOKS! AO of the Si-hoc l Bocks in use at the Lucy Cobb Institute, &t Madams Sosnwslu’s Kci AND AT THE Various Schools in the City, As well as Pens, Inks, Pa*^r, Slates, Ac., at the (bra LOWEST FIGURES, Thomaa’ Black, Blue or Violet Ink—the beet in tho Wort,I—at 1 cents per bottle. For bargain, u> everything coll at «ptW a SCBWS BOOK-STORE. rAsnr.urn. PA-ORNiRR TRAIN. wisrw aed. a®* STOKE IN AfnEXS, LYNCH’S HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, Al tliu Stor#!ormer!j oecained by i'25r- a. ZjSL SlIITr, Broad Street, Athens, Ga. H B. Brumby’s School for Bays, (Erick Cui! GOING EAST. LOCAL rUKltin t TRAIN. t,\*p Lula •‘•LI ’S r y WtSTWAED. rrive at Lula 1S.S0 a m 10.5 a m Tuaorun nuioirr train. rrive at Lula < lime connection at Atlanta :‘or all points Vat ami Soutlitrcat. Connecting »t Charlotte r all point* East. Tlirr'n^h Ticket* cn sale tiaincavilh*, Seneca City, “Greenville ami Iputaubur* t«> all point* East and West. G. J. F< tREACKE, General Manager. I. liOL’STOK, Geu. Paaa.JiTicket A>rit r hitherto known a* Ebcrlxurt’* Store.) *.k4 r « J 1K1NCE AVENUE, - - - . ATHENS, GA. Htapsaa J* an- C.IS79. ..51 A M I 3.52 a a J 4»Kote* of Tuition* per Scholastic month ; $1 ^2, iZ. i-l, C'”>, $6, arcnnlimr L3 age. Rrade 4c! Prof. W. H. WADDELL wrote; I do not netutatc to recommend l)r. BRUMBY as the moat successful Teacher omonfrtiiosc who have •Turinjj my Protcatforclup of twenty year* dura tion,, prepared student* for the University ot Geonna.” For farther infer nation apply (br circular, or confer with, aept.17.tf. A. B. BRUMBY. A. M^ M. D Change of Schedule. _Dn and oiler Mondav June 2d 1379, tram* on |ortli«tt»teni Railroad will run a* follows, uut daily except Sunday. tav« Arium* 4.05 P. M. e at Lula 6.20 P. M. eat Atlanta 10.30 P. M. # Atlanta 3JU) P. M. v« Lula. 7.46 P. M. t at Athena 10.00 P. M. |un Suturlays this additional train will be »Athens 5.00 A. M. neat Lull 6.45 A. M. rive al Atlanta 11.30 A. M. » Atlanta 4.00 A. M. * Lula 3A2 A. M. rivo at Athena . .11.05 A- M. cth train* connect at Lula with train* each br un Air Line Railroad. Paasenircro jroimr hrtli connect closely at Lula at 6.20 P. M with kii train on Air Lane Railroad and by taking b 5.00 A. M., Saturday train connect with the it Nonheaatern train, reaching Washington A nv rnmtfto Breakfast and Sew York at » P. M., snaking the unprecedented time of ■hours and 45 minute* between Athens and |* Yurk. I**s>engers from Georgia Railroad s unp‘e time to take the evening train and ■tby reach the Spring* of North Georgia to n*r. J. M. EDWARDS, Superintendent. rgia Rail Road Company I ■''crtacmNncrr’s Om. *, 1 Acumta, Ga„ July 12th, 1S79. ) Tm.l after Sunday, July 13th Trains will • and arrive at Atli ;ns as followa: K VT11.1SS 9.13 A a • rvillc 9.45 a a LEAD and OHS, ID E XT G S GARDEN SEED — AND — CSRASS gSSS. Stock of Seed all Fresh. For ft.ny of aliovc or anything in the Di tig Line call on. E. C. LONG & CO. WHOLESALE AND, ELT-iIL DUL'GGISTS scpUlUy. AtUK\3, 'GsOBOIJU MOSS tSs TII03IAS, Cqttqm Factors k Cohmissibi Mebquits, Clayton St., Athens, Ga. Advances made onCotton con*iimed in Store. »cj»t.li.ly. vc Lrriojrton 1».20 x a i Autiuob 10.49 A x v *» Miuevs 11.05 ▲ x vij W lhhIviIIc 11.21 A X ve Union Point 11.45 am v ® Atlanta 3.00 r a. ve Macon.... 5.25 r k A 503 r * '■» Aaru.-U 9.33 ax ▼o Mflnvfi 7.00 * it ;...7.43 ax vo Union Point 12.55 r * vo Wo»h1tUUi 1.10 p X v* ila\0Y» 1.50 p w ve Antioch 1.30 r» ive Lpxintfon 2.12 T a ve inlenrilU 2.47 r * jve Athens 8.15 r » COFFEE! If you want a enp of gocl, hisli flavored and e 5 Lorrxx trom MOOEE, JENKINS & CO S n (New York) Soaatad Ar?^«n. Will cert-inly please yon. Iteannot he ex- cellttl. .V*k your grocer Cat iU junc.5uinu » ' U»E#T, FEED UB SUE STIUIE, puns run doily, except to and from Wash* which ara daily exoept Sunday*. » d. Duu»RT,Gei»., Pa**., A^t. S. K. Jouxsox, Supt. r K '*T CALENDAR ITOTERN CIRttlT. ^xasdxr S. Emwnr, of jUbcn*. Judga ^ L. MircHRXJ, of Athena, Solicitor Gen- * 3ret Monday in April and October. , >vcond Monday iu May and No* uklln, second Monday in April and Oc- •innett, dm M.unlay in March and Sep- kht-rehom third Monday in April and Oc- third Monday in March and Septem- , third Monday in February and fi urth Monday in January and hua, fourth Monday in April andOc* l^ n > *Uld Monday in k'ebmary and the fcnrtli Monday in Gann & heaves, peopkietors. Will bo fonnJ at their old stand, rear Frank lin House bnildin?, Thomas street. Keep al ways on iiand pxnl Turnonts and cavetnl dri vers. Stock well cared for when entrusted to our cars. Stock on bond (br sale »* oD decl3tf. ■So COMPANV, ATHENS, GEOHGI&. YOUNG I_ O. HARRIS, President STKVENS TOOSAS Swretary. Grow .lowts, April t. 1SI*. . . t Resident Directors. UNIVERSirr OF GEORGIA. CHANCELLOR HELL. Reports of the Georgia Press In regard to the Com mencement Exercises Patrick Hughes Kell. [ Writtenjfur tie Evening New*]. His hair now blossoms like the alt mood tree, and the snowy whiteness of his locks arc as a becoming crown of wisdom and glory to a head ma jestic, which contains vast stores of scholarly research and i ipe experience. ICs step is as active and fall of vigor os a boy’s of sixteen, and his manly carriage is erect and dignified, so yon would scarcely guess that the gra-e and varied responsibilities of sixty five years of an eventful life had made much incursion upon a strong physicjJ constitution. His forehead is lofty, and his well shaped head in dicates intense individuality of tem penmen t. Neither cau you louk into the man’s deep eye without reading iu its certain and clear light that he pos sesses great positive powers of mind and unflinching integrity of character; nor coaid you escape the conviction, as you called those wonderful powers into play by conversation, but that you were in the presence of a superi or personage, whose uugiiaiisiu ot opinions, splendidly defined ideas and prepossessing manners of ad drew called forth respect nu-1 admiration. We think Patrick H. Well, now Chan cellor of tho University of Georgia and the snl.jsct of this brief and im perfect sketch, one of the ablest, most learned and worthiest men within the Empire State ot the South; certain is it, indeed, that for years he lias stood foremost in the ranks of educators, and long been recognized at home and abroad in letters and theology as the equal of the noblest and peer of the proudest. _ Chancellor Med is a native Geor gian, and was born in Wahhourville, Liberty county, July 19,1814. Recognizing at an early age the im portance of solving the supreme ques tion of every life, that of his respon sibility to bis Creator, he embraced the Christian faith, but dhl not unite with the church until the summer of 1832, when he joined the Newport Baptist Chnrch, the church where his father’s ancestors and all who were dear to him worshipped. On No vember 19, 1842, he gave ear to the call of The Master to preach the un searchable riches of divine truth, and, at the request of the Greensboro Church, he was ordained as a minister of the Gospel, and thus inducted into orders- Dr Mell’s father was a man of wealth aud extensive means, and in his day w.v a princely liver, and famed for his hospitality. But the splendid fortune which the father had accumulated for and intended that the boy should enjoy was swept away in a moment of time, and lost bv the father becoming surety for his friends; so that, when young Mell arrived at the age of fourteen, he found himself face to face with the world, without parents and without fortune so far as this world’s goods is ooaccrued. A. scanty wardtobe was all he owned, but he had that within himself which gave him the assurance of a man, that which the fabulous wealth of the East cannot purchase, it was a manly determination to wrestle from hard circumstances despite fortunes frown, the priceless boon of education, and thereby recover bis lost social status, which poverty caused “Then did ha seek to rise Out of the prison of hi. mean estate And, with each jewels aa the ly, and entered on his official duties in February, 1842- His connection with Mercer University was din. solved in November, 1855. In August of the subsequent year, he was elected to the professorship of Ancient Languages in the State Unis versity, and occupied that (hair with distinguished ability until President Church resigned the chair of Meta- e ysics and Ethics, when Prolessor dl was transferred to the chair made vacant by the President’s resign nation which be now holds in thw Umverwty efOeargin. In August 1878, he was elected Chancellor of the University, and no one was more surprised than Dr. Mall himself when it was announced tefnim by the committee that waited on him. He, at first, declined but finally at the pressing and argent request of the Faculty, Trustees resident and non- Alumni accepted the high trust of Chancellorship. He hod pre viously dedin d the Presidency of Georgetown College, Ken.ueky, of Waketorest College, North Carolina, and of Mississippi College Mis*. Dr. Mell has never sought, but of ten declined, the pastorate of many large diy churches, and has been identified with the country churches contiguous to Athens. He served the church at Bairdstown for thirty years and the one at Antioch for twenty years. He Las been marri.-d twice, and had fifteen children, ten o» whom are living. Among the Baptist denomi nation he has been signally honored by many positions of distinct: on, and is now generally conceded aa the fin est parliamentarian within or without their ranks. He has occnpie-I the following posi tions: In October, 1855, he was THE UNIVERSITY. Grand Time at Commence ment. IlOItLNSE Cuowd—Appcopeiatioxs fob Buanch Colleges—Judge Loch rank’s Speech- Mbs. Speer’s Funeral—Augusta Visitors. From Chronicla and Constitutionalist. Athens, August 4 —Commence ment tliis year will be a grand anc- ces*.. The .crowd iu very large, cor-, after tiling with hint. _ _ from all parts of the State, and this usually quiet city pre sents a gay and animated appearance. The college boys’ parents are here to gether with their sisters and their cousins ard their aunts, besides hun dreds of more who stand in none of these relations to them, but are here for the pleasure of witnessing the ex ercises and participating in the gen eral gayety. The commencement opens liandsomely enough. The college campus, which has been newly ornamented, is alive with gay thiongs, and the youth, beauty and intelligence of Georgia crown the occasion and do honor to the festival. BRANCH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. The University Trustees, in ses sion, have voted from the land scrip fund two thousand dollars annually to the branch agricultural colleges at Thomasville, Cuthbert and MQtedge- ville, these schools being recognize-. I as branches of the University without the power to grant diplomas. Each town had representatives lobbying for the scheme which Is much opposed by Geuerub Toombs an l Lawton, who contend that the Athens Uni versity has as much as she can attend to and cannot afford to .donate from her sevent- eu thousand dollars Und script annuity to branch uisUtuifoiis The project was heartily favore THE COMMENCEMENT. Grand Time in Athens Yes- terday. The Drum and Bugle Make Mars tial Music - Speeches or the Graduating Class—Degrees ^Conferred—Hop at the Opera House—Chancellor’s Reception tpe Sabre Contest. elect.-d Mo-lerator of the Georgia A*- ^..i.unn ■ Anrii LUST L* _CT_1I Governor Brown, who largely secur sociation ; iu April. 1857, he was call ed to the chair of the Georgia Bap tist State Convention. He pre-ided over the Southern Baptist Convention from May, 1863, to 1372. As an au thor, he is accepted as 'authority on the subjects concerning which he has written. He Itas published works on Bap tism, Corrective Church Discipline, Slavery, Predestination, Galvanism, Sermons on God’s Providential ernment, the Philosophy ot Church Polity, and farliani Practice. The last mentioned wurl lets been adop'ed by various bodies in the Uuited States, among them the Legislature of Georgia. Dr. Mel! commanded, during the war, a regi ment of “six months” troops, in which were all the professors, and nearly all the students then connected with the University. This regiment was stas _ tioned about four montlts at Rome and everybody is anxiously awaiting Ga., and was part of Gen. Bragg’s ^ ovation, army. During the rest of the time it was located at Savannah, Ga-, under Gen. Beauregard’s command. A comrade in arms told us that Colonel Mell, with sword in hand, made ns fir.e a military commandant, and exhibited as much executive talent as when, with gravel in hand, he sat presiding as a parliamentarian over a del'd>cra ti ve body. A gentleman, referrirg to the elec tion of Chancellor Mell, a few days since, while talking about the Univer sity, said that tlie apparent need of the college before Dr. Moil was elect ed Chancellor was the Want of a man of executive ability at its bead, and that the trustees did the best day’s work of their lives when they selected the official head of the Bring* from tho cave* of know! exploring iwfcdgo, I baj bia The Board of visitors appointed Dy his Excellency Governor Colquitt, as [V-« J G-would* aod^Coiutitutioudwt-] required by the law of the Slate, in their annual report, after a careful and dilligeut examination of the a- tus of the University, say, concerning the new Chancellor, that ‘be is very popular, and with little apparent effort preserves the moat perfect discipline among the students. No disturbance has occurred, and not a voluntary ex pulsion was deemed necessary during the past year. Dr. Mell acta upon the principle that the most potent ap- Tomto L. G. IT a a jus, Jobs II. Newtos, Db. IlasxT Hcu, Auer P. Dunn, Col. RnuoreTuoa.uk ■•rss-wty . . 9mm Tnon as Euxa L. Nbwtos. Prows asd Pins II r Dot. IL Sarnr. Jou W.Sicnouos, ’ottery TintrrraiT p enera ^ Commission Merckent, uk1 tun IbiiwI srawffTiin ill ot pUES FOR rOTTEET DECORATION, •vor brought to Athom, !*.„ AT PANIC PRICES, BURKE9*0.>«^SptA CHARLES 7. STUBBS, (Successor to Groover, Stubbs A C&J COTTON FACTOR —AND— AGENT. FOB TDK Quitman Factory Yams, 9ABATjHut*r, Savanna^ 0i eorgia. and other unpplitr* fur» ca*Ti"a«Tvy,uct* tuad# on •MM' or for the first time, a primary school a log hut with its memorable dirt floor, and then and there be entered upon tho arduous duties of teaching' the “yoon<r idea how to shoot,’’ w hich he has never abandoned, but still honors. At Walthouiville, he studied tor a time in the academy there located, and paid for his instruction by teachs ingsome of the primary classes. Re ceiving a better offer bum CoL Bead- well, he joined himself to the acade my taught by that gentleman at the Ridge, near Darien, paying all the while for his instruction and board by acting as an Asm taut Hon. George \V. Wall hour, recognizing the gifts of the young student came fc hu relief with an offer of material assistance, whereby young Me I was enabled to spend two yearo at Am herst College, Maas, whither he was induced to go for reason of economy and the advantages which the e-” then offered, and while there he teach daring vacation to make money enough to take him through die col legiate year. At the does ot his col lege course, during which he devel oped his splendid intellect amazingly, be accepted an offer from the acade my at West Springfield, yielded to pressing sofiritatione to hirnmntha fafatmt Principal of the High School at East Hartford, CL There he also continued for one year. Declining, however, an oflfcr from the leading public school in Hartford, which few young men would have done under the circumstances, he re turned home in 1838. And bavin; taue 1 tfive or six yean in lower am onunendatfon of that excellent gentle men, ex-Governor George M* Troupe, elected to the professorship of An cient Languages in Mercer Uuiversi- its pa-age through the Board Trustees. THU SOPHOMORE DECLAMATIONS. The so[-hoinor-j declamations this moruieg wi re very fine :iu l the order better than for years p:ist. Gwynn Ni.xou, of August a, and Cooper Pope, of Washington, made fine speeches. JUDGE LOCURAXE’S ADDRESS.' Judge Lochmne’s address before the literary societies was rosily efo- t and stirringly patriotic and scholarly. A large crowd attended and applaudt e the Irish orator to the ocha MRS. SPEER’S FUNERAL. The funeral of Mrs. Enory Speer, thtf evey evening* was largely atten ded and £reat sympathy is exprcssetl for the brilliant young Congressman thus sadly bereaved. HR. STEPHENS TO SPEAK. Mr Stephens speaks to-morrow awaiting the hussars. The Athenians aud visitors are eager for the arrival of the Ilussars. GRAND GERMAN. A grand German will be danced to-morrow night AUGUSTA’S REPRESENTATION. Augusta is splendidly represented. P. A. & ATHENS COMMENCEMENT A Grand University Boom. Great Crowds—Splendid Spekcii- es—Prizes Won—Mr. Stephens, address—Memorial in Favor of Db. Long—SIoot Court—The Military—Glass Ball Shooting —Eleltio* of Principals. ChronlcUi ami Cuuati otioaalist. Athens, Almost 6.—One of the largest crowds ever gathered in Atb ens gathered in and around the Col lege Chapel to-day. The streets weie filled with people and the roll of drums with tlie sound of the bugle mode the town ring "with martial sounds. 1 la the morning Urn Richmond Hus sirs and the Savannah Ogl.-tli.irpe Light Infantry were met by ibe Ath ens Guards and treated to a Champagne Lunch f at tlie Armory. r ~l— -j-, Tlie military were warmly ami elo quently welcomed by Dr. H. II. Carlton, which was responded to by Captain Falligant, of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, in a beautiful and impassione 1 speech. Commencement Day. College Chapel was jammed in the lieries aud ais’es, an 1 the speeches St£r 1UaliB3 CbS * :l ^ reC * a *^Tii&—America—Phillipi! Hooper Alexander, of Rome, and Thomas S. Mell, of Athens, made splendid 3|>.*eclies. The oratory of the boys and tlie attention of the au dience were, the finest for seven years on similar occasions. ORDER OF EXERCISES*. The following were the speakers t J F Htrker, B S, D S, Thomasville, Compulsory- Education ; C B Chap man, A B, D S, Twiggs county. Yes terday—To-morrow ; J H Alexander, A B, D S, Rome, Social Reform ; W W Lambdin, A B, D S, Barnes ville, Success; II B Rnssell, BPh ABP K S, Clarke courty, Young Men; James Bishop, A B, D S, Dodge county. Imagination ; B J Ed wards, B S, D S, Monroe, History; W E Smith, B Ph, P K 8, Decatur county. Graduation the Terminus a i, Not the Terminus ad quern ; E peal that can be made to a young man At the age of seventeen, lie taught, is to hit honor. By such treatment ihool in Athens, Agust 5.—The second day of the Commencement was finer even than the first. The Crowd was lar ger. the weather fine, and a big Uni versity boom rolling through the town c The Junior Speechfs Were very good this morning, B. A. Noble, of Athens, making the finest effort on the subject of/ “True Grit,” and Young Williams»/&<vCaro- lina, flying editord alive iaa gpeeeeh on journalism. Gknervl Lawton the gophomore declamation metlals—first to J. G. Camp, of Doug. an “esprit du coips” and t-mnlation to bebaTe with decorum have been excited air ong the students, product- i.o of the happiest rtsulta." . leaville, at.I teeeeJ to J. It Willienw, It was only yestenlav a citizen of|Ware cuunty. The General said Athens, a man of intelligence, who! the speaking was the fi .est Sopho- observes much, and speaks sound : moric efforts heard fo« years in ‘ judgment, arid to us that “the pres- The biggest crowd yet/as ent CBianccUor’s adnunislratioti ia ex- j-, the Cliapel this afternoon to his ceUent, and that it was' simply mar- u . veloos how he controlle«l the students and how they respected him. He stated further that the citizens of Athens were in harmony and full sympathy with his work, and that they were doing ail witbn their power to restore the Univerrity to its pcestme prestige, when it was the pride of the city and the Suae, and that only two things were to be done by all parties interested in the College to have five hundred students here fa a short timet That ooe was to give the Chancellor fall power to cany into effect the plana of organization, which he has so auspiciously and successfully roan, gura’ed, and that the other was to ssake known to the people of the State the merits ot the College aad the extensive facilities which the school has, and opportunities it offers to students desirous of preparing themselves for life by obtaining a first from It b gratifying to see the unmis takable symptoms of life which the eondhioa et the University now everv- where shows, and it will be read with delight by the young men of this State that the cloud which two years ago hung threatening with disaster, has been dissolved fa the bright light of returning prosperity; which fidlt heaven oft good to the < wealth. |Grattan. Mr Stephens, The galleries and floors being cron fl ed, students and old men sitting around the rostrum like children lis tening to words of wisdom great Commoner** lip** He about an hoar, entirely upon the objects and aims of life chief end of man. It was sc practical and pore, and will be print ed as aoow as posrihfa. Mr.'Stephcna a beautiful tribute to the late Dr. Crawford W.Loog, disc -verer of (or gies! anathema, and recommended that Georgfa.’* two representatives in the National Art CifciyJ* Gov. James OgletLorpe and Dr. Long. Subsequently a resolution was intro- dnesd ■ the Alumni Sucieqflby 'Dr. Dr. E. D. Newton aad adopted, petitioning the Legiriatnre to adopt the anggestion, aad memorializing Cjagrew to amke aa appropriation to the faasiy of the dscassad i Prnicipals Elected. The Trustees to day elected Prof., !Urviver3 to ni iJ hL O. D. Scott, of Thomas county, Prin cipal of tbe Thomasville Brandi Col lege, and Prof Vincent Sandford, of .Penfirid, Principal of Cuthbert Cols lege. * P. A.S. - The Military. The University battalion and Ath ens Gourds meet the Augusta and Savannah military to-morrow morn- “S- J _Glass Ball Shooting at the Fair Ground this evening was very good. Judge W. B. Thomas, of Athens, wan the single ball prize, and T.-B. Lyon, of Barnes- vflle,< the doubfe-Wl prize.' Lyon beat James U. Jackson, of Augusta, SABRE CONTEST. The tilt of the Richmond Hussars at tlie Fair Grounds this evening was well attended and greatly enjoyed.— Sergt. Fred Little won the white plume. Turner C Thomas second, Capt Clark and Sergt Fleming third. closing up. The Commencement is beginning to break, although everybody is loth to leave. MEETINGS. The graduating class of 1879 meet in 1882, and Company K, Third Georgia regiment, have a meeting of Sophomore Dec Monday, Aug. 4,1879. G. B. Tye. P. K. S., Atlanta—The Late War—-Rjan. W. W. Baker, P. K. S„ Sparta— The Death of Hamilton—Nott. H. M. Buchanan, D. S., Newnan— Statue of Stonewall Jackson—Kemp- ter. A. M. Speer, P. K. S., Griffin— The Fulfillment of Destiny—Conk ling G. H. Dixon, D. S., Augusta— Liberty and Patriotism—Dewey. < 31. C. Pope, D. S., Washington— Decoration Day—Compilation. P. H. Bell, P. K. S., Atlanta—Edu cation—Everett. J. P. Gross, P. K. S, Thomson— A Republic or a Monarchy—Hugo. R- H. Warren, D. S., Albany — An Appeal to Irishmen—Meagher. G. S. Johnson, D. S., Atlanta— Contested Election—Prentiss. W. L. Ridney, D. S., LaGrange— Neck.ir’s Pl:ui of Finance—Mirabean. J. B. Sanders, P. K. S., Greene County—Fitz James aid Roderick Dim—Scott. W. T. Bennett, Jackson County— Iri.-h Aliens—Sl.ft-L J. P. Matthews, P. K. S., Wilke* County—Independence Adams. it. Pittman, P. K. S., Jackson County—Resistance to British Ags gressi-m—Henry. J. T. Malone, P. K. 5, Marietta— (Excused.) J. gS. Williams, D. S., Ware County—Reconciliation of America— Chatham. J, G. Camp, P. K. S.,—Don Were adopted enfogutic <f tlie la mented Professor Waddell, and Hbb- orablc A. IL Stevens elected trustee for auother four years. Major Ganaul Presided at the over a meeting of the ty. A Moot Coart will be held Co-night the chapel, and a German will be Hall. quo, A Brown, A B, P K S, Atlanta, True Manliness; E T Bishop, A B, P K S, Athens, The South; J H Napier, A B, D S, Twiggs county, (excused); J B Hattaway, BA.PK S, Oconee county. Farming; T S Mdl, MAC. ME, PKS, Athens, Fashion; L H Jones, MAC ME, lTST»hens, Evolution. The following DEGREES, were then conferred : A Mi—L U Jones aud T S Mell. Athens. € «fc 31 E.— L II Jones and T 8 Mell, Athens. A B.—J II Alexander, Rome; E T Bishop, Athens ; Jas Bishop, Jr, Dddge county; E A Brown, Atlan ta; Ignatius L Candler, Gainesville ; SC Candler, Decatur; SC Chap- man,Twiggs county; BobtToombs DuBose, Washington; J H Felker, Walton county; F R Groover, Brooks county ; W W Lambdin, Barnesville; Lewis Ford McCord, Augusta; W J McCurdy, Madison county ; J H Napier, Twiggs coon- C S Parker, Thomasville; R B sell, Clarke county: J J Strick- lond, Madison county; GWTrencb- ard, Kansas. B 8.—B J Edwards, Walton coun ty; W W Lambdin, Thomnaville; J F Phrker, Thomasville. B Ph.—W J Griflm,jrwiggs county; R B Russell, Athens; W E Smith, county; J G Stanly, Brooks unty. , Ag.—S B Hattaway, Oconee countv. B C 8.—S G Carter, Walton coun ty ; E J Frederick, Macon county. BACHELORS of law (" J T Anderson, Oconee county; J H Armstrong, Augusta: T C DuPont, DuPont, Ga; AG Jones, Athens ; W L Ragsdale, Fulton comity; J J Strickland, Malison county. The honorary degrees of L L D were conferred on Professors John and Joseph Leconte,’of the University of CaEfornia, and on Jadge James Jackson, of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The degree of D D was conferred ouRev. Mr. Burkhalter. ot Marietta. A MONUMENT. The Phi Kappa Society this alters noon resolved to erect a monument over the hie James P and Benrv Waddrll, of Athens. . INTERESTING REUNIONS Of tlie Literary Societies came off this afternoon, finely attended • by the ainmrn. COMMENCEMENT HOT. To-night the grand Commence- uient hop is given at the Opera liousc, and the Chancellor^ reception is going on, .splendidly attended by oid and yoang. rsudnding one |»f tlie better days' of the past The opinitm is that mighty to enter at A'hens, Merrev Emory «>r Pin Non.'. TVy cannot and will not a'tempt to teach the more occult studies, whicii require an expensive apparatus, and the m«*Iem tneeS of adencc.' Moreover, all functioo* and operation* will be subordinate to the State University, and under the supreme control and direction of. the Char.celfor and it* Board of Trustees. They arc in fact nothing monAhan junior branches of the porent stock, and in no sense rivals of their mother. Ava3mg themselves, therefore, of the superior advantage* afforded by those at shoots ot the University, it is thought and believed that hundreds of ambitious and promising young men wSI attend them, and then per fect their education afterwards at Athens, Maicev, Emory andPioNonn. The great disiderattim gained, is free education from tbe A B C’s t> the very gates of tho highest collegi ate foundation in the State. This progress fa the right direction, and we trust that the sequel will show that, haring tasted of the Pierian Spring, thousands of tlie yootli of Georgia will seek to quaff still dcep.-r from the fountains opened up at Athens, Macon and Oxford. The Payment Ot Pension?. A Statement from Commissioner Bsstly—Facts and figures. The Commissioner ot Pensions ha* prepared for publication n statement, showing that up-to Juno 30,13,390, arrears of pensions, representing 17, 220,572.44 had been sett tied and paid, or were ready for payment, distributed among the several agen cies aa nearly as practicable in proper- tfou to the number of pensioner* upon the respective agency rolls, a* follows, to wit: Baston, 890; Canandaigua, 946; Chicago,’1,227;' Columbus, 1,296; y 'Concord, 942: DesMoines, 760 ; [.S pedal to tlie Evening New".] Athens, Ga , August 4. , This ia sophomore day at tbe Unis t versity, and the boys showed well their training received at the hands of Dr. Speer. The declamation waa the order of the morning exi while this afternoon the chapel will be crowded to listen to Judge Loch rune’s address to the literary societies. To night the Phi Kapa and Domostheni- an Societies meet in champion debate. TaMnorrow is junior day, when Mr. Stephens will nuke tlie alnmni ad dress, or, the big speech of the week. Mr. Stephens ia here, in fine health, and was on the rostrum when Dr. Mell delivered the Commencement sermon. Senator Gordon is also present, Judge Jackson, and other distinguished Georgians. Davenport Jackson, Esq., Augus ta’* representative on the Board of j Trustees, and the youngest member of that body, is making a fine impres sion among the grave and reverend •eigners, and with every one. He speaks with unrestricted praise of Chancellor Mell’* annual report. The impression prevails that the Trustees are sapping the strength of the University by dividing the land scrip tend among minor school*, tube recognized aa brandies of the Univerv sity. Tbe S A.E. Society had a grand reception and blowout Saturday night. To show how popular tlie boy* really are. it fa vouched for that there were present 40 girls to 20 boys. Athena fa knee-deep in mud, but people who come here for fun are go ing to have it, it they wade in waist high with their back hair trailing in the earthen trough. Detroit, 665; Indianapolis, 1,971; Knoxville, 468; Louisville, 331; Mil waukee, 688; New York, I.00O; Phil- adelphia, 1,095; Pit sburg, 692; Saint Louis, 864; Washington. 665; Saa Francisco, 82. Upwards of6,000 case* were settled in June. The Commissioner of Pensions expect* to be able to settle aud pay an equal, if not a greater, number monthly until all are settled- Sixty-three thousand three hundred and seventy two peis sons have male claims for arrears but, including the 13,860 already set- tfed, no more than 45,000 or 48,000 persons altogether who are already pensioners have arrears due them. Many therefore, who apply, are not entitled. The Commfasioi.er expect* that nearly all who are entitled will be paid off by the end of October. An swering a question os to the order of settlement, lie state* that -the act of January 25 established every pension er’s right at the same moment, the pensioner was required to make an application for hfa arrears, mainly for the purpose of enabling the Pension office ei.wly to identity the paper* relating to the cases in which arre: is were supposed to be due; the date of fiiingsucii application fa not, there- . . fore, taken into account in fixing the the morning «eret*e, [ order of settlement. He further states that if the cases had been taken op for sedement in the order of filing the applications, the pensioners living in the large cities near Washington would have been first paid to the ex*, elusion ot those residing at a distance, and that such an order of settlement ould be an unjustifiable discrimina tion in favor of pensioners residing in the large towns and cities throngbt the country, at the expense of resit dents of the smaller towns and the agricultural districts. It fa not prac tice to observe any order of settle ment except simply to secure an equi table distribution of the settled cases throughout the entire country. universal Of the University is a complete sue- Free High Schools in Georgia. Telegraph Messenger. What our picayunish 8»lons at Atlanta failed to do for the common wealth has been bravely undertaken to the full extent of their ability, by the patriotic trustees of the Universe, ty of Georgia. As the opinion begins to shape that the labors of the General Assembly will be protracted until winter, perhaps some <>f the prudent raemlers are feaiful that appropria tions like those asked for by Dahlone ga and Milledgeville, might endanger the long tale of their own per diem, hence this excessive economy. Those remarks do not apply, however, to n very large portion ot the General Aatoutty, bet only to thee* who dm sec no good in a State Board, of Health, geological surveys, an agri cultural bureau, dog laws, or reboftt burnt colleges, albeit belonging State. To endeaver to en- statesmen of this dam and .fa “love** labor lost." Bat the action of the managers of our revered State University will prove moat salutary to every section of tbe State, north, east, south and west All will admit that the curriculum of edr.eatioo provided for by the State in the publie schools of the common wealth, only covers the rudin branches. Hence, when the _ graduates from them, hi* education comes to a dead halt for lack of higher schools to carry him onward. It fa this great want which wffi be supplied by the subordinate blanche* of the university at 3 _' Cuthbert and ThoasmviBe. They ofo not designed to be rivals of the foundation, nor of Mercer, Emory Colleges. Ou the. contrary, if it had not been thought tiiat these lesser institutions would prove nurseries and feeders to the University at Athens, and to eminent deooinizuiH located at ;No Hiding in Paris. > The population, floating, or perma- nent, of every ammdfaaewent or ward in Parfah says a- correspondent, is counted officially every month. Be your’board at a hotel, hoarding house or private residence, within forty* eight hours yon are required to sign a register, give your name, age, occnpas tion and former residence. This, within the period mentioned, fa cop ied by an official ever traveling from boose to house with* the big blue book under hi* arm. The register giver, also, the leading characteristic* of your personal appearance. Penalty attaches itself to host or landlord who tail* to get and give such registration of hi* guests. There are no unmark ed skulking holes in Paris. Every hon-e, every room fa known, and un der police sotveillar.ee. Every stran ger. u known and described at police headquarters within a few days of hfa arrival. Once, within the wall* of Pari-r, and historically, so to speak, yowl identity fa always there. In caar of injury to any person the suf ferer fa not dependent on the nearest drug store for a temporary hospital, as with us. In every arrondfaseuient may he seen the prominent sign, - “Assistance for tbe Wounded or the Asphyxiated or Poisoned-’’ Above always hangs the official tri-color. I say “offfud,” hecanse a certain slender prolongation- of the flag-staff denotes that the establishment fa under gov- ernmeni. supervision, and no private party may adopt this fashion. Hie French flag fa not hong higglety-pig- gletjr to the breeze Bke the stars and stripes, so that none can determine whethes if indicates a United States government station or a beer sa’oon. Why Will You Allow a cotd -to advance in yonr system and thus encourage more *eri- oos maladies, such aa Pneumonia, Hemorrhages and Lung troubles when an immediate relief can be so readily attained. Botched* German Syrup ha* gained the largest sale in the world lor the cure of Cougiis, Colds and the scvercstLong Diseases. It fa Dr. Bosch ee’s famous German prescription, and fa prepared with the greatest care, and no fear need be entertained in administering it to youngest chiul, as per directions. The rale of this medicine ia unprece dented. Srnsa first introduced there fan,* been a constant increasing demand and without a single report ot a fail ure to do iu work in any case. Ask your Druirgist as to tlie truth of these remarks. Lar^*- -»iz * 75 cent*. _ Try_ fa and be eomriwrrah Sold by Mfrin R.T. Brumby A Co,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1878-1879, August 12, 1879, Image 1