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8SH ATOENS BANNER : TUESDAY MORNING . JULY 21,1891 pr* DOCTORS MUST NOT DRINk- There is a bill now become a law in Georgia declaring that practising physicians shall not get drunk in this State. The law provides that when a phy«» aician has been tried before the pro- r ONE MORE BIG GUN Ti) BE FIRED . ON MONDAY JULY 19TH AND ALL THE WEEK AT MAX JOSEPH’S. per tribunal and found to have been drunk three times or more/ne shall be drummed out of the profession ever afterwards unless he in future rep forms and becomes a sober man. The bill at first applied to druggists, too, but an amendment was offered removing that section and making the law apply solely to the practicing physicians. A. very pert and rele* vant question was asked just at that stage of the legislature’s proceedings by the inimtable Gazaway Hart- ridge if the law wouldn’t force a number of good doctors now prac ticing to abandon the profession. There are some queer features to this bill. Of course everybody wants a doctor to be sober when he is stand ing over them working with a life and death struggle. Of course when a surgeon goes to cut a man’s leg off he ought to know his business and proceed with it in a sober state of mind. Of course a doctor ought not to be a drunkard. But how are you to prove when a doctor is disqualified under this law? And when he has been expelled on the third drunk, and applies for ad mission again, on the ground that he has reformed, who upon the earth can hold op their hands and swear that this man is teetotally reformed? How are you going to prove that he doesn’t go to bed half drunk every night, on the quiet ? Who knows but that he will some night when aroused to go to the bedside of a pa tient, be found "at it again," more desperately than before? Drunkenness is wrong *, yes. It ought to be forbidden by law, as far as possible. But, it will be a pretty hard thing to do when it comes to clearing any profession of intemperate men. Engineers on railroads are required to be temper, ate and are not allowed to drink when on duty ; but when their hands are nbt grasping the throttle of their lo* comotives they drink freely and ma ny get dr£nk. So it is with the medical profession. Many of the best physicians of the land have their little "off days,’’ when they in» .dulge in a spree. While they are intoxicated no patient ought to pat ronize them. When they are sober they are superior- perhaps to any of their colleagues. It is so in every profession of bus iness life. As the end of the Summer season is close at hand, I am _ my stock of Summer goods. The earlier you call the better Bargai tra force of Salesladies will be put on for the week. going to give the people of Athens one more chance to buy goods at a large discount. 25 per cent discount to C W r Bailains you wiR secure. ONE DOZEN BUTTONS FREE to every purchaser of one dollars worth of good* JJ oj ' -S"' m: Every article in the house re-marked, re-arranged, and in plain figures, and the selling price put on. Dress Q-oods and "White Goods. THE GRAND FEATURE FOR THIS WEEK, All the Black Check and Striped Lawn at 5 cents. All the fine Figured Mull at 34c. now. All the Plaid ChaUies at 2jc. to close. All the fine Wide ChaUies at 5 cents; All the fine Tissues,15 cent grade at 3c AU the fine 15 cent. Zephyr Ginghams at 5 cents; All the yard wide 20 cent Llama Cloth at 7 cents, All the Fruit Bleaching at 64 cents, Two cases new Palmetto Fans at 1 cents apiece. 30 pieces new French 15 cent. Satteen at 54 cents; One small lot fine Sea Island at 4c. One lot 6c. Bleaching at 2 cents a yard. LACE CURTAINS.—-Your attention is called to these. The early caUer will reap the benefit. The'quantity limited. 23 pairs elegant 1 25 Lace Curtains at 65 cents a pair. 26.pair8 Ecru 1 75 Lace Curtains at 75 cents a pair; 21 pairs White 1 75 Lace Curtains at 75 cents a pair; 22 pairs White very nice 2 25 Lace Curtains at 1 00, 16 pairs Ecru or White Lace Curtains, real value 3 00 a pair, only 1 50; 19 Snowflake heavy Counterpanes, worth 2 50 only 1 00; 18 doz.Nubian dye,warranted fast color 20c. black Ladies Hose at 74c. a pair 8 fancy embroidered black Mull Robes,value 6 50 to 8 00; only 1 75- Black Embroidered finest qualify Mull Robes, worth 8 50, at 2 00. Only 11-8 cents a yard for Figured Muslins; Only 2 cents a yard for Bleaching; Only 24 cents a yard for Black Check Lawn Only 24 cents a yard for Fine Satteens; Only 24 cents a yard for Calicoes; Only 24 cents a yard for ChaUies; Only 34 cents a yard for ChaUies. Only 3 cents a yard for Bleaching; Only 85 cents a pair for 1 75 Button Shoes; t Only 1 00 a pair for 2 25 Lace Shoes; Only 75 cents a pair for 2 00 Boy’s Patent Oxfords; Only 1 00 a pair for Men’s Patent Oxfords; Only 1 cent a piece for Palmetto Fans; Only 5 cents a piece for Folding Fans; Oniy 14 cents a paper for paper Pins; Only 2 cents a paper for Needles; Only 25 cents for Corsets; Only 2 cents for Handkerchiefs; THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Now that the great alliance rally is over, the people of Athens and the Farmer’s Club of Clarke county should begin to look forward to the coming of the Agricultural Society of Georgia, which is to hold its ans nual convention here on August 6th. There will be fully three hundred delegates here from aU the counties of the State, and among them wiU come many of the State’s most prom inent political leaders. Governor Northen and Commissioner Nesbit of the Agricultural Bureau will come. Commissioner Bradwell of the Educational department will be v here. The State’s agricultural in terests wiU be largely represented by leading farmers and scientists, and it already gives promise of being the best and most successful convention known to the agriculturalists since the State Society was organized. This is bat a natural result. Athens is the home of the State Agricultural College. The best in terests of the Society centre about the pollege, and it is but just and right that the farmers should be come familiar with every detail in the workings of their college. The people of Athens ought to be gin now to prepare for the coming of the farmers. YESTERDAY’S RALLY. Much good has come from yesterday’ Alliance rally in Athens. The farmers have met together, have talked with one another about the crops, have seen their leading officers, have listened with eagerness to infor mation about their fellow farmers in the fai West, and have had a great Only 4 cents for Men’s Hose; Only 5 cents for Ladies’ Hose; Only 14 cents for White Linen Tape; Only 5 cents for package Rick Rack Braid; Only 2 cents for Crochet Medals; Only 3 cents for fine Rubber Combs; Only 34 cents for a Toilet Soap; , Only 5 cents for Pearl Dress Buttons; Only 5 cents for Linen Spool Thread Only 64 cents for fine Wide Scrim; Only 7 cents for Silk Spool Thread, best; Only 3 cents for large Palmetto Fans; Only 20 cents for fancy Worked Fans; Only 6 cents for Outing Flannel; Only 5 cents for Mattrass Ticking, Only 11-2 cents for Challies. Only 3 cents for yard wide Pine Apple Tissues; Qnly 2 cents for Cambrics. Only 2 1-2 cents for fine Satteens. Only 4 cents for Sea Island. Only 2 cents for Figured Muslin. Only 21-2 cents for Lace Scrim. Only 3 cents fin; Polca dot Tissue, yard wide. Only 4 cents for Cretonne yard wide Curtain; Only 2 1-2 cents for Bleaching; Only 6 3-4 c. forNBleaching, better than Fruit, Only 4 cents for Challies; Only 7 1-2 cents for Llama doth; Only 3 1-2 cents for Check Nainsooks: only 3 cents for Black Check Lawn ; only 8 1 2 cents for Black Lace Mull; only 6 l-2cts for black Satin Striped Lawn; only 10 cts for black Organdies, 45 inch wide, only TO cents for black 45 inch bordered Lawn only 10 cts. for white 45 inch lace bordered Lawn; only 6 1-2 cents f#r Zephyr Ginghams. only 5 cents for Fine Dress Ginghams; only 6 cents for fine French Satteen; only 7 cents for double width fine Lace Serna** only 1 1-4 cents each for handkerchiefs; only 5 cults for fine hem-stitched handkerchief* only 25 cents for black plated Silk Sox; only 40 cents for black silk Sox; only 50 cents for black silk Sox, finest made, only 25 cents for Ladies Lisle Ingrain Hose;’ only 18 cents for Children's ribbed seamless Hose- only 1 cent each for Palmetto Fans; ’ only 3 cents for Satin Palm Fans, largest size, only 5 cents for 12 inch folding Fans; only 10 cents for white parchment Fans; only 10 cts. for heavy gold and silver heavy papa Fan , only 1 50 for suk Umbrellas; * > only 2 50 for best make silver nailed handle v n Clogg jnake Silk Umbrellas; U lfl8 only 43 cents for special bargain German table clotW only 21 cents for Turkey red Table Cloths; ’ only 50c, for Ladies' Chemises, embroidered and tucL? Only 68 cents for V shaped front Chemise, trimm*! embroidery or lace. ^ ojly 18 cents lor fine Muslin Corset Covers; only 60 cents for handsome embroidered Corset only 1 00 for Men's Patent Oxfords; covet; only 2 25 for Men’s patent hand-sewed Oxfords; only 1 50 for Men’s hand-sewed patent Opera Pumps- only 90 cents for fine Dongola Ladies Button Shoes only 5 cents for 4 papers Pins; only 24 cents a card for Agate Buttons, only 15c. for large bottles fine Cologne ovly 5 cents for fine cream Toilet Soap. It will pay you to lay all other business aside and at this grand sale, offered only once in a life-time. Stay out or two hours in the store,' look carefully through, and those bargains. A large 'quantity of these bargains are pinned to the ceilings, which can scarcely escape your notice, own convenience. An extra force of Salesladies has been arranged for the week. The prices are plainly marked on them. Respectfully, This great work is done for your MAX JOSEPH. dinner. The speeches were all good one* urging the Allianoemen to battle on for the principles of the order.' They were conservative on the third party score and it is well that they w.ere. This troth was taught by the Alliance rally: The Democracy is still safe in Georgia, and the thiref party is at a discount. WHAT HAS IT DONE? It is now being pretty generally asked by the third party agitators down South, “ What has the demo cratic parly done for the farmers of the South ?’ Without being able to answer the question folly'the Abbeville Press and Banner offers the following sim ple suggestions: 1st. It reduced our tax levy to less than one-half the tax levy under the radical administration. 2nd. It paid the officers, the inters est on our bonds, and all current ex penses, which payments the radical government did not make, even with double the tax levy. 3rd. It restarted the Government to its rightful owners and put re spectable men in office, and gave the State credit abroad,so that our bonds were at a premium. Under radical government they had almost no mar ketable value, 4th. It restored peace to South Carolina, and disbanded, mobs. and midnight assassins, and gave a feel* ing of safety, to the inmates of eveiy home in South Carolina, however humble. 5th. It put good men in our county offices. It employed a better class of school teachers, reduced their sal" aries,and gave us more than doubled our former school privileges, by opening more schools and keeping them open longer. 6th. It developed a revenue from the phosphate deposits of nearly a quarter of a million of dollars annu ally, but about half of this has been stopped by the present administra tion. . And the Press and Banner might have gone on to infinity. THE CROP PROSPECTS. The returns to the department of agriculture show some improvement in cotton condition during the month of June. The general average for the whole belt has advanced three points, standing at 88.6. This is three points below the July returns of last year and one above that of 1889. In but tour seasons since 1874 have the July returns been so low. The slight improvement noted has been quite general throughout the whole belt, the result of favorable j weather during the month. The crop is universally late, ranging locally from a few days to two weeks or more. In the Atlantic and eastern Gulf States especially the plant is small and backward and want of suitable weather for chopping out has made the growth very slow. Ger mination was very imperfect, and re planting failed to secure perfect stands. Luckily, considerable areas have been plowed up and given to other crops or abandoned entirely. From the Mississippi,while the plant is backward, it is of good color and growth. While plantations running a sufficient number of plows are rea» sonably clean, there is some lack of labor. The outlook in Texas is especially good. The fields are well worked and fruiting has begun. Worms are reported from but two counties, both of Texas, not even the invasion of the first brood being noted anywhere else. The returns of condition . by States ia as follows : Virginia, 83 North Carolina,.. 77 Sooth Carolina, 80 Georgia,.. 75 Florida...... 94 Alabama, 87 Mississippi........ 91 Louisiana,.... 90 -Texas 05 Arkansas, 9S Tennessee.... 1 82 The temperature of the month was about normal throughout the entire region. The rainfall, though rather short, was generally sufficient, and this favorable condition of meteoro logical circumstanoes enabled farm ers to recover somewhat from the on favorable early season. The state ol the plant will make the final out come unusually dependent on the latenesB of the season. ted allotment of lib honors and re sponsibilities, bn recognized both at the White H . use agd at the Capitol The agitation of ihe force bill did more to prevent the breaking of the solid South than the iron output of Alabama will ever do to promote it.” And this is right. The Journal very correctly says : "The South's political position iu the Union is not an equal one, os the Post suggests. It is a defensive one, and has been so for a quarter of a century. Past experience has now taught the people of the South the wisdom of their political unity, and the dangers which they will incur by breaking it be lore ’ sectional agi tation ceases or i$ buried below the reach of the hand of reauriection. Had not the South been pretty near ly solid iq its democratic representa tion in the last congress, the fo ce bill would have passed, notwilh* standing the opposition of such able and conservative republican and ini dependent papers as the Post. Ai long as that or similar measures of sectional antagonism ate agitated, the South’s position must be one of defensive solidity, and no change or diversity of its industries can pre« vent it.” remains were temporarily deposited. Mississippi claimed preference because Mb. Davis belonged to her by right of seventy-nine years’ residence there and sixty years of service to the state. Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Ken tucky filed their claims, too, and now comes Mbs. Davis and decides that the remains shall rest permanently at Richmond, among the dead of all the states who fell in defence of the confed eracy.—Boston Herald. And we believe Mbs. Davis did fright. WHY.THE SOUTH IS SOLID. The Washington Post hits the nail on the head, the Atlanta Journal thinks, in the following remarks : "If all. the iron'and coal there is in Pennsylvania could-be taken up bod ily and dumped out iu Georgia and Alabama, the South would remain as solid as it is to-day, unless the transfer were accompanied by a guaranty that henceforth and for., ever the batteries of sectional legis.. lation should be spiked, and the full and equal place of the South in the Union, as part and parcel of the government, with a wisely dietribu THE FARMERS’ THANKS* Following is the resolution adopts ed by the grand farmers’ rally Thursday: Whereas, We have this day ’jeen most royally entertained by the good people of Athens, and, - Whereas, we have been honored by the presence in our midst of some of the fairest and best of the daugh ters of this classic city. Wherefore, be it resolved by the allkncemen present aud by the friends of the alliance, that Athens is the best city in the best section ot the country outside Kansas and Iowa Be it resolved further the our most sincere thanks are hereby returned to the good people of Athens and ess * pecially to the ladies,all of whom have made our stay in their midst one of so much pleasure that its memory will linger with us for days to come. ‘‘Comb to think of it” says an ex change, Mr. W ana maker has such a great lot of business at hiB bargain counter that he really ought to attend to. So it is not necessary to be very much supprised if he should resign his seat in the Harrison cabinet. Above all things do not allow your mind to connect bis resignation in any way with the Keystone Bank muddle. Private business is the reason. Only private business. Very private. Says the Boston Herald: An old lady has lust died in Paris, leaving 100,000 as a prize to the astronomer whO- shall be able to communicate with any planet or star. Her ingenuity for ac quiring a reputation for generosity without incurring any expense is equal to that of the man who made a bet that when Bunker Hill monument falls it will tip towards the north. Iq either case the money seems to be safe for the heirs. ‘ P VILR0AD RUMBLINGS- THE G. C- A N. RUNS pVBR ITS FIRST COACH. E SUPERINTENDENT HERE A New Road to Run From Blfaerto) Milledgeville -A (Meeting In Abbe- vilie—Other Railroad Matters. The Georgia Carolina and Northern railroad has run its first coach into Ath ens. It was the private car of the General Superintendent who came down the road to Athens leaving yesterday. He came to inspect the road and re ports it to be in a splendid shape. He says the masonry on the G. C. & N. is the best to be found in the southern railroad world. The G. C.&.N. will soon begin work on its new depot iu Athens and will in a few weeks put on a regular passenger schedule to this oity. There was an enthusiastic railroad meeting in Abbeville, South Carolina the other dsy to take in hand the build ing of a road of interest in this part of Georgia. The Press and Bi.wib sin: The projected railway scheme tow nect Florida with the North, throqi Milledgeville, Eastman and Wisfy ton, Ga., via. Mount Carmel, AM, Laurens, Union and Torkville kith enthusiastic support of our cities, it official report of the meeting sttni place 9th inst. This would be a nngnificentwi- beginuing at one of our ten tatai (Tampa, Fla.,) giving us steu*» communication witn So ith Amelia- running through the ari part of Florida ami Georgia, wJ&a nally through South Car lin», thro^h North Carolina into Virginia, court ing with the Baltimore and 0h»» road, at Roanoke, thu* giving cUs!"* system just what she bei long a Southern outlet. ... The phosphate interests ot of Florida is rapidly forcing attend aud makes this road almoat a weewF for the Baltimore and Ohio railmw; There are very encouraging «l» from the several towns of GeoifJ through which the road is contMr ted, and Abbeville is arousw willing to co-operate to the tel f 1 " ability in the furtherance of the *** A committee of ten of our m* terprising tn<*n has been appa*®T act with similar committees ap*" along the projected line. . ^ Milledgeville, Eastman ard*^ ton, Ga, a-'e deeply mu*™, pledge their hearty e idorsem®\ co-operation in this new and F® i terprise. Who wants the negro in politics here in Georgia? Surely not these old far mers who carried muskets through the wilderness and suffered the pangs of warfare. And yet to leave the Demo cratic party is to bring this about. Thebe is this difference between the: western Alliance and the Southern Al liance; the Southern Alliance is an Al liance of statesmen an Alliance of pa triots, and an Alliance of Democrats. Mr. Smalley confirms that awful re port that the literary ladies of London smoked cigarettr at their annual din-J ner, and he says the publishers fur nished cigaretts. Holy Smoke! The Alliancemen of this state will taka straight democracy in their Coffee. It would bo poisonous to themselves to sweeten it with Third Party taffy talk. What is • Sevex cities vied for the remains of Homer dead, and seven states have been seeking to furnish the last resting place of the late Jkffkbson Davis. Louisi ana asked for the honor of pppultnre be cause it was with*" «r * n-Aera > »iat I he confederate cl feitftlA 4M4Uld his BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FQR CATARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on pre scriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catsirrh Cure manufac tured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O.. contains no mercury, and is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is tak en internally, aud made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. 33f“Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per battle. Castoria is Dp. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for ^ 3 and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphinen° r other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitut® for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor It Is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ a 8 ® Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms andaffal* feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Cow cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relief teething troubles, cares constipation and flatnl enC ^ Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stoni^ ^ and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Frie® Castoria. “Castoria Is an excellent medicine for chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children.” Da G. C. Osqood, Lowell, Mass. “ Castoria la the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children, and use Castoria in stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves.'* Lb. J. F. Kixchbloi, Conway, Ark. Castoria* “ Castoria is so well I recommend a nstuperiortoswr known to me." H , A. Ill So. Oxford SA.BroQ^ “ Our physicians In the t meat haYd spoken ^ eace In their outsido prac ^ and although we only haw ^ medical supplies wbat is products, yet wa are free to > “ ^ ] merits of Castoria has won • favor upon It." . ni4n ,. UsrrxnHosnria^P^*; Alum C. Smith, Pre* uooway, ark. Alum u. skith, i™-. The fisstsnr Company, TI Msnsy Stroot, Children Cry for Pttcher’o Castoria*