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the grand
Thousands of AHianccmen Come
to Athens.
SOME GREAT SPEECHES MADE
SOCK LESS JERRY, PRESIDENT
POLK AND CBN. WEAVER*
PRESIDENT LIVINGSTON
A n About the Great Alliance day In
the Classic City—No Third Party
Talk Is Given-Straight out .
Democracy,
strong suppoi
posit their whiskey sad borrow money
from the government on it, he thought
the fanners might be allowed the same
privilege, by depositing farm products
and drawing money on them.
“Why your critics say it is an un
constitutional measure exclaimed May
or Brown in utter derision and scorn/
Unconstitutional?, Why, God bless
ir soul it reminds me of the old
ATHENS BANNER: TUESDAY HORNING, JULY 211891
The Alliance Rally is over, and the
farmers have gone home.
It was a notable occasion perhaps the
men memorable pub'ic gathering the
Classic City of Georgia has seen since
the days of reconstruction.
The crowd is estimated at from 3.000 to
SIKH) visitors from the surrounding
counties, and with the Athens people
present, perhaps there were six or sev-
eu thousand people in the throng.
And they were warmly welcomed.
Atheus always knows how to. give a
genuine heartfelt welcome and yester
day's reception to the farmers added to
her already well deserved reputation
(or hospitality, aud the women as well
as the enterprising and generous mer
chants are to be thanked aud congratu
lated for sustaiuiug so creditably the
name of their city.
It was a great day aud a happy day
for the farmers.
It was more of a social gathering
than a political oue, and was therefore
all the pleasanter.
Sockless Simpson and his companions
from the West made no decided or un
becoming attack on the democrats of the
South, and the third party was not
urged upon the democratic alliancenun,
thus causing no embarrassment. The
doctrines preached were simon pure
alliance doctrines, and the third party
whs only hinted at vaguely as a last re
sort, and even then brought forth no
special applause from the horny handed
sons of toil who have voted all their
lives the ticket which their fathers be
fore them voted.
Altogether it was a happy rally of al-
liauccmeu, and will doubtless result in
good for the farmers of this section.
By ten o’clock several thousand far
mer.' were on the campus awaiting
their welcome from Mayor Brown.
When the strains of two brags bands
had died away over the green lawns of
that historic spot of Georgia soil, the
crowds cheered as Mayor E. T. Brown
arose and walked to the edge of Lhe
platform to speak to the alliancenq|en.
m\von brown’s speech.
Mayor Brown ,began to speak
lows:
Representatives and members of the
Farmers’ Alliance, ladies and gentle
men : t
As tlie oflicial head of this Classic
City 1 most gladly welcome you; as the
representative of the most hospitable
people who live beneath southern skies
1 most heartily welcome you; as an in
dividual who from the first has been in
pioioundest sympathy with your cause,
1 most cordially welcome you.
In oideu times wheu cities were sur
rounded by walls of masonry, and se
cured by gates of granite,it was the cus
tom on occasions like this to lay at the
feet of their guests the keys of the
town
While we are not surrounded by
walls, nor protected by gates, still the
siring which raises the latch to our
homes, and the keys which unlock the
bounty of our hearts, we today most
elieerlully place at your disposal.
Today our town, our homes, our
time and our all are turned over to you.
And upon the threshold of these re
mark* permit me to assure you, that the
Alliance, no where in all this broad
land has truer, firmer or better
friends than it has here in the good old
Classic City of Athens.
iu proof of this! need only instance
the call made upon onr people to pre
pare lor your reception.
When that call was made, every man
no matter what his vocation, came with
open purse; every lady reep*>uded with
cheerful hearts and willing bands, and
every child came with shout* of joy and
songs of gladnesR.
1 know it has been the custom in
many quarters to abuse, ridicule and
hold up to contempt the Farmers’ Al
liance, and such a warfare on you,
doubtless has bad its effect.
But I sincerely believe that every
honest and fair minded man will send
on to your Mr. N. A. Denning as I have
done, and obtain as I have obtained,
youi platform aud enunciation of prin
ciples, and will study them with the'
same care it will inevitably make of ev
ery rich man a friend and supporter of
the farmers’ alliance.
For when I came to examine your
platform I found no principle therein
enunciated, upon which any patriot
need fear to stand. 1
found no demand therein
madia but which if granted by the gov
ernment would help the whole people
of this country.
My friends, the trouble with nine-
to'iths of the critics of the Alliance is
that they know nut whereof they speak.
1 will venture that not one out'of every
ten men,who are to-day engaged in the
unholy warfare of crying down with
the Alliance, have so much as ever soon
the Ocala platform.
They know nothing of your platform;
they know less- of your demands; and
they care less for yottr principles. No
honest man has the right to condemn
und denounce so large and respectable
a Portion of bis fellow citizens without
first granting them a fair hearing and an
honest trial. I for one have attempted
to do this. I have studied your plat-
form, your principles, your demands;
and I say to you to-day, herd in the
presence of your most distinguished
leaders and exponents, 1 .that if I bad
found anything therein contained
“ ' ‘a patriot
' would
to-day.
demand.- ?’
—
'vhicb I as an honest
eould not have sri
have said so from
‘•Now what
Asked Mayor
®d to discuss
tional Bank system,the Sub-Treasury at uiy
your soul it reminds me at the old law
yer who always denounced the law
against his client as unconstitutional.
One of his lawyer friends told him one
day that he had dreamed that the old
fellow went to Heaven, and when some
of the angels asked around for him,
looking off at a little distance they Baw
him arguing before the white throne
against the High Tribunal upon a sup
posed unconstitutionality of the Gospel
laws.” (Laughter.)
Mayor Brown continued: ■
But it is not my province today to
enumerate and' discuss all the wrongs
and evils from which you suffer. This
duty will fall to abler speakers and
more eloquent tongues. But if I were
called upon to endict the government
for the nigh crimes and misdemeanors,
1 could do it in three short courts:
1. It has forces that bids it run; soil
and the, products thereof as the basis of
credit.
2. It has ever protected the few as
against the many.
3. It has reduced the circulating
medium to such a point that monopo
lies and trusts are not only possible bat
absolutely inevitable.
Can men wander then that you the
people have arisen in your might to
charge this order of things?
You are not wood, you are not
stones hot men, and being men these
evils must be uprooted, these wrongs
must be righted.
When the human mind contemplates
the results of these e\ ils; the weight of
this oppression, the immensity of these
wrongs, the only wonder is that the
very stones of the Republic do not rise
up in mutiny.
The poets in speaking “of this graver
Republic have sang of it as the land of
the free and the home of the brave ”
Yes, it is the “home of the brave.”
Thank God it is the home of a people
with wisdom enough to see their wrongs
and brave enough to right them.
And thank God again, when the Alii
ance has accomplished its noble work it
will once again be the land of the free.
My friends, I have attempted to give
the reasons which induce me to say
that here in a stones throw of our ware
house—here in sight of onr state and
national banks—here beneath the shad
ow of these classic walls—here within
these sacred precincts where Toombs
lyis thundered and. Hill persuaded, I
raise my voice in defense of the farm
er’s cause, and wish him God speed.
And my countrymen, why shouldn’t I
be with yon ? Among your devoted
jofliccrs and Within your honored ranks
are bone of my bone and flesh of my
flesh.
Thy people are my people, thy God
my God and whither thou goest so long
as you stand upon your'* present princi
pies I will go, and and where thot
lodgest I will lodge.”
In closing these remarks of welcome
they would be but half completed if 1
did not extend a two-fold welcome to
the wives and daughters of our farmer
friends. To the Allianceman who
£ame today by himsElf we say yon are
'come.
'o the Allianceman who came and
brought bis wife we say you are doubly
welcome. But to the AUianoemau who
came with bis wife, his sous, bis
daughters and babies thrown in we say
you are a hundred fold welcome, bince
the time when Eve first graced the
Garden of Eder. with her presence, no
occasion is complete without the pres
ence of the ladies. They who are the
bulwarks of the Republic.; are the first
to point to the sun shining through the
rain drops of every calamity; are the
first to sight tne rain bow after every
storm; are the only ones to furnish the
silver lining to every cloud
God graDt that the
influece of our noble women will never
be less-
My friend they are to yon what they
are to every great and noble cause-
With their assistance and prayers you
will succeed; without ;hem, you will
fail.
Nor can I close without a special and
a cordial welcome to our distinguished
visitors who come with friendly greet
ings of brotherly love beyond a line
once marked deep and broad with frat-
racidal blood, but which thank God has
been forever obliterated. We are glad
to have you with us.
And now to yon the leaders of the
exponents of the movement, to yon the
members as the power upon the throne
of the noble cause. And to you the
ladies as the “power behind the
throne” oue and all we say welcome yea
thrice welcome. Our hearts are ever
open to you. [Prolonged cheering.]
Mayor Brown’s speech was a sur
prise. It was gratifying to his many
friends to note what a strong alliance-
man he has grown to be.
He caused a sensation, and was warm
ly congratulated by hundreds of good
alliancemen. Even, a shower of rate
didn’t for a moment cool his enthusi
asm or hush his eloquence. ,
THEN CAME PRESIDENT POLK
And then came President P<
He was introduced to the
Hon. W. A. McDowell in a few
but well put and pointed remarks.
Mr. McDowell said:
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen.
Without wishing to desparage the
claims of any person who may be pre
sented to this audience today. I desire
to introduce to you a gentleman whose
constancy and fidelity not alone to the
causo he represents, but whose patriotic
endeavors i n behalf of pure and honest
government should forever en lear Ins
name to the hearts of all Georgians. A
gentleman whose presence and purpose
here today is to plead the cause of the
agricultural interest of this great coun
try, whose purpose is to call your atten-j
tion to the rights to wbion the tillers or
our soil are entitled, and to portray the
wrougs under which they are suflenng.
Whose purpose is to ask your aid and
co-operation in the enactment of
such laws as will lift
all unjust burdens from
the shoulders of the American fanner
and give to the fruit of his toil that just
rewaded which his labor Demands,
whose purpose is to teach all citizens of
this country to bear with willing bands
to their share of the public burden, and to
lend their efforts to the public good.
One whose acknowledged fwsition “
the chief head iu the councils of the
Alliance, together with the lug > en-
; of the press, and the noble
which in- is thfsday engaged
life labors for the good of his race. Ad-1 their sires. May Justice and Wisdom
the cause of oppressed humanity j and Moderation the patron Graces of our
.. :s against the enslavement of Commonwealth mark jour delibera
his fellow man, pleads fora higher and tious and your 'houghts today. For I
better civilization should every where wish to say to you—and I can say it
rwiei ve the respect and confidence of freely, without begetting suspicion or
all his countrymen. Ladies and gen- mistrust of sinister design, f or I and
tlemen I have the honor to present to my colleagues pursue here our peaceful
you upon this occasion the Hon. L. L. lives, within these academic shades re-
rolk President of the National moved from active part in th- conten-
, ruiers Alliance Industrial Union of tions which mark the agitating of pub-
the United States. i lie policies—that many men, good,
President Polk was received with P eac . e f ul > u P ri 8 ht ». Periotic citizens,
loud aDDlause Hp sahl thnt Ho out8,de y° ur organization, !ook to you
iouu applause. He said that he was and to the ripe thought that comes
here to speak in a conservative way. from your deliberations for guidance
He had no envy for the man who could aQ d protection in times when evil and
corruption threaten tne purity and the
stand as he stood looking out across the . • _ -. .
mighty sea of upturned faces, and not
be moved by the inspiration. He said voice the God of Nations speaks. [Ap-
that he had not come to preach third plaose ]
partyism bat Alliance principles. He I . .^ 4 ’ s pecnliarv fitting that I,'the pres-
_ . . ** , I ident of the State College of Agricul-
as not trying to pick quarrels I ture, a department of this great Uni-
or wage war with any man. Ho was 1 versitv which is peculiarly your own,
not strutting around with achip on his should he selected to present to you the
shoulder challenging the world to Pedant of yourown organization.
ir Air w k. w ,. , , It is purely a pleasing fiction of the
4 bnt WaS bere 40 ar S ue programme which states that I am to
for the interest of the masses frankly, introduce to this large assemblage the
fairly and honestly. gentleman whom I am about to pre-
And his intentions were loudly cheer- ! ent 40 H «j s mnc h better known
tt- ... .. 3 to you and the citizens of Georgia than
cd. He proceeded with his speech i am. His official position is sufficien
which was throughout a similar dis- warrant that your respect and attentl
course to those he has delivered in At- should be given to his words. I pi
lanta and in Americus. He didn’t once *?“ 4h « ? on Q \ ^ ^vihstoi
refer to the Third party movement as liance of Georgia. (Much applause),
the necessary cause for the farmers to
1 PRESIDENT LININGSTON’S TALK.
President L. F. Livingston received
tremendous applause.
His remarks were straight in the line
of the others though even more conser-
take to demand redress. He made a |
good speech which was well received.
GEN. WEAVER FOLLOWS.
And, then came General ^Weaver-
Weaver, the Greenbacker. When in-, ....
troduced he said that be was glad to be Vative when touchmg u P° a the 4hird
here He said he bad come all the way . T . . . ...
3 1 President Livingston said he was
from Iowa to talk mighty truths about
the alliance and the great working
masses. He adhered pretty
closely to the policy of
President Polk and was very conserva
tive in matters pertaining to toe Alli
ance.
He came from the far-off northwest
to bring assurance that the people of
that section were in sympathy with the I
people of this section in the great in- Will be Opened Saturday Night—All
dusuial struggle now going on, and he Men Cordially Invited,
brought the further assurance that the The Y . m.C.A. building is at last
hearts of the people of his- section beat comuleted «t least so far as to admit of
of thia°R»*M i ion tll ThP^ rt «r 0f r^a 1 peop, | its occupancy and the association has
of this section. They are ready and moved iir
. . . .^ovedin. »uow«mw»»» coat tor them at so much per ton. Forty
anxious to bury the sectional ammosi- state Secretary Jenner arrived beic J ect6 ‘ He never lost an opportunity in were sent to Bricevifie from Nash-
** ave divided^ the people, yesterday from Atlanta, and a meeting an 7 crowd, large or small, t» say some- Yiiie July *th, and iiavo been since eu-
r Ariblause 1 J Qt th|J bo J ard of directors was held to thing about Christ and salvation. On I —*v.„
prople should alter or abolish it, be whole structure and properly furnish- Frequently he would pass through the train and sent them to Knoxville. SSdn&iffmmay teTStetoth
aoi^ The alliance which has come to i ne j. be same but it was decided first of train, quoting passengers of Scripture The state officials here will see that said Athens Saving Bank by minora, man-led
t the existing evils, is bigger than _ii *» errand r»Uv on q&rnrdn.v or making epigrammatic exhortations, nothin*#' prevents the branch prison I “d women and to provide for the pay-
the democratic party, or the republican night fo^toe^otmg^en^of Athens and Sometimes he entered a car and. took from being established, and if aW 1“«“HASSES
party, or the third party. ohms we re at ones set on foot ’ his seat without a word, and suddenly down occurred nb-.V, the other branch
_ i >■* — 3 J ‘ when all was quiet, would suddenly prisons would be broken up by the free
ejaculate some verse of Scripture con- labor, as there is, and has always been,
taining a warning of a promise. "*
democrat to the heart. He believes
| everything the farmers ask for can be
procured through the Democratic party
! but he made a hot speech favoring the
Alliance principles. His speech was ap-
| plauded jrom beginng to end.
THE Y. M, U. A. BUILDING
MILLER WILLIS DE&D. THE GONVICTS SEIZED-
NOTABLE
IN SPARTANBURG.
CHARACTER DIES BY FREE MINERS AT BRICEVILLE
rtamri.ro I I TENNESSEE.
A REMARKABLE EVANGELIST. AND SHIPPED CLEAR AWAY
The End of a Life Which Was Unique T»<o Governor of Tennessee Gets a
In Its Singular Indlvlduality-The Telegram-The Escaped Convicts
Funeral Took Place In Augusta- Caught at Last.
Every body in Athens knew Miller
Willis, the evangelist. I Nasavhjlk, July 16.—Governor Buch-
The following account of his death I anon and Warden Blevins left here for
published in the Augusta Chronicle BriceviUe, in Andcrsou county, in an-
wHl be sadly interesting to the public 8Wer to telegrams from Superintendent
generally. ... of Prisons Wade, stating that the guards
When Miller Willis died yesterday in had been overpowered, and they and
Spartanburg, S. C., there passed from tho convicts engaged in building a
earthly life into life eternal one of the I stockade were forcibly shipped to Knox-
most unique characters of this genera- yjjjg
Be died of consumption, at the home A “ Arn>od Mob of 300 Men -
of his sister, Mrs. R. N. Adam, of Spar- The governor will bo joined at Chafc-
t an burg, and thenews was received in tanoogu by the Lookout Mountain
ISffitimatTfriendsoftoe'deaTmaZ and Moe /^ gfj 8 *** 4 “ *
Miller Willis was born in Augusta special train, furnished by the East
about fifty years ago. He grew upa| Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail-
fellow,
mischievous, funjoving fellow, and
was what is eommonly termed “one of
the boys.” He served gallantly
ugh the war and was the life of
many a gathering around the camp fire.
It was not until after this that he be
came connected with the church, and
began a new life—the life which has
made him notable among men.
road, they will proceed to Briceville,
picking up the Knoxville Rifles at Knox
ville. Commissioner Ford aud Assist
ant Allemau left for Briceville on an
afternoon train, aud an effort will be
made to settle tlio difficulty amicably.
Governor Buchanan will go among the
A STORM IN
That Carried Ituin aud Dcstrnctic
' v> ext Superior.
St. Paul, Jnly 17.—A West
dispatch says: A wind storm of
violence'passed over this city, <
death and destruction in its path. The
wind was accompanied by a pouring
rain and the air was heavily charged
with electricity. The storm lasted only
about thirty minutes, but during that
time many thousands of dollars of dam
age was done, besides the taking of at
least five lives and the visiting of terri
ble injuries upon many persons.
During the progress of the storm an
alarm of fire was turned in from the
fifth ward, and the department respond
ed to find the new, large three-story
frame hotel on Third street, near Lam-
boro avenue, a mass of rains. The news
flashed over the city with startling ra
pidity. Hacks and drays containing
their loads flew to the scene of disaster.
In the meantime the rain was falling in
torrents and the lightning waa crashing
like artillery. The building is a com
plete wreck. In spite of the pouring
rain, visitors rushed in and assisted the
firemen, in the cause of rescue. Men in
all professions and walks of life stood
8honlderto shoulder and worked only
\yith the thought of humanity’s sake. 1
At a late hour five men had been taken
oat dead, two fatally and several more
or less injured.
The assistant chief of the fire depart
ment sustained a broken leg by the
parting of a rope which was being used
to pull away wreckage. An eye witness
of the disaster says he saw a crew of
workmen nm into a bnilding to seek
Miller Willis was never an ordained rioters personally and endeavor to h^ve shelter from the storm. Fully thirty or
minister, but he went about preaching
the Gospel to every creature. Short
in stature, his hair silvered, he walked
constantly with a long staff, such as
tourists cut in climbing mountains, and
was everywhere a unique and notable
personage.
He was not ashamed to speak out for
Christ in any assemblage, and he has
distributed enough tracks to load a
railroad train. He was'a roving evan
gelist, going where the spirit moved
him; frequently without any idea when
he started where be would stop or how
long he would remain. He took no
thetn allow the convicts to resume I
work. The gang of convicts have been
taken back to Briceville from Union-1
villa The governor anticipates no I
serious trouble, but the stockade will be
completed anil the new prison estab
lished at all hazards. Two thousand
rounds of ammunition have been for-1
warded to the scene.
The Convicts Shipped.
The Briceville mine is only about four |
miles from Coal Creek, a branch prison,
and has been worked by free labor liere-
beed of money or expenses, but some-1 tofore. The miners soruck Some time
how the
MONET WAS ALWAYS FURNISHED
from some source whenever he needed I
it. “The Lord will provide” was his |
answer to all questions on such sub-
back, and, showing no disposition to
come to terms, the Knoxville Iron com
pany made a contract with the sub
lessees of the male prison here to mine
coal for them at so much per ton. Forty
gaged in building the stockade for the
forty men must have been inside, dis
tributed ovsr all the floors. It appears
that the men on the third floor took
warning first, and five were seen to
jump and get away in safety.
A Cancerous Bat Bits.
Tiffin,. O., July 16.—On Saturday,
June 27, Gerald Conrad, son of Mrs. L.
Haller, of Liberty street, was bitten
through the band by a large rat which
he had captured. The wound waa
slight, bnt quite painful for a few days,
wheu it healed over, and no farther
trouble was anticipated, However, a
week later the lad was taken very ill,
and at preseut his condition is alarming,
symptom? of hydrophobia having be
come manifest.
NOTICE. “
Notice is hereby given that application wilt
^— no ^. ( -
A fanny little incident occu.reddur-| - ThiBi8not to ^ alimite ci meeting
ing the speech of General Weaver. Ho but every young man is invited. Mem-
was talking about reconciliation of the I hers of the association of course and
two sections. “The day has come,” 4ho ?f . w ^° are n ® 4 membe ™ and no
’ limit is to be out on acre. A Dro&rrame \
said he “when the South must forgive f or the evening will be arranged
the North, and .” and refreshments will be served.
‘‘Go slow there,” shouted a tall “six- I One part of the prbgrame will consist
, ,,, - I1T .. of an examination and explanation ol
foot’ fellow in the crowd, “I was on th# buildiQg especially the gymnasium.
the South’s side, and I am half Irish.” I The system of physical cultureor de-
(Laughter.) velopment will be explained and some
Ttie crowds were UCled « thta - if
terroption and when it was found that j will be in running order and probably
the fellow was partially intoxicated the first game will be playod. We will
after repeated interruptions, Mayor F iv ? further details in tomorrow morn-
* ’ 3 I mg’s paper but young men make a note
of this and plan to be present. A good
administration in certain cases and tor other
purposes mentioned. Jnly 17,1881.
d. zt.,w. 30 d.
-J
Brown arose and asked that he be taken
away, which wa» done.
THE DINNER SERVED.
After Gen. Weaver’s speech dinner
was served.
A glorious and grand feast it was,
too.'
TMb ladies from the Industrial Home
had exerted themselves to spread the
greatest dinner ever put before an Ath
ens gathering. And th«y accomplished
that end.
time to all who attend.
CHRISTY NICHOLS MARRIED.
A MEMORABLE INCIDENT.
Ons day he chanced to be near the
scene of a homicide. A crowd was
gathered about the prostrate body of
the dead man. Suddenly the patriarch
al figure of au unknown man with a |
long staff appeared in their midst. Rais
ing his hand aloft, he cried out to the
astonished crowd, “prepare to meet thy |
God ” He disappeared, without anoth
er word, as suddenly as he had come
among them, but it is safe to say no I
man in the crowd ever heard a sermon
whose lesson he remembers with more
distinctness than he does that thrilling
incident.
Most people who didn’t know him
called Miller Willis a crank, but how- I
ever much one might differ with his |
methods, no one who ever knew him
A. W ew Feature !
A Great Offer!
I UUUULuU illO ^UUUUvOB Ul livwl V) XAAO I icyovy
He Weds Miss Nathalie Breunlg, of ty Q ( ij fe> hi s entire consecration to his <xoobi<
great prejudice against convict liibor,
especially where it supplants free labor.
Beginning of the Difficulty*
The trouble grows out of a difficulty
about a scale of wages. Tho Tennessee | The Latest, Bdst and Most Popular
Coal Miniug company last spring had a
difficulty with its men about the wages
paid, the men claiming that the should
nave a weigher of their own, and that
they should be paid for all n odd”
weights. The system in vogue is toptrt
2,900 pounds on a mine car. If it weighs
1,976 pounds the miner gets credit for
but 1,800. If it weighs 2,905 pounds he
gets credit for but 2,000; the object
being to facilitate the work of weighing
by uniform weights.
There was also a difference between
the operators and miners on the ques
tion of grading and classifying the coal.
NOVELS
GIVEN AWAY!
As Supplements to the
Weekly Banner.
Atlanta—Goes to Europe.
“Chris” Nichols is married.
He wedded on Thursday last in At
lanta.
And with his young bride has gone
to Europe for quite au extensive tour. . ..
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols have sent out ting: ■ _ .. ,
handsomely engraved wed- I Willis was born into the king- |
work and hi's sublime.faith in the truth I fix^p'and th?Sn ^Itte I COSTING THREE DOLLARS IN
of what he preached. I they were not allowed to continue long,
record OF his CONVERSION. ag i a bor agitators from this city ami tho
His Bible, which is filial with margi- Kentucky mines kept interfering, it is
nal notes, contains lhe following iu- I obarged, and the men quit work. The
teresting entry in his own handwri- | operators allowed tho mine to remain I TT7’Tj'"Ij'T7'T ~\T "DA TVTTVTIil'D
idle for a time, but as the busy season W HiHialJU A ll JN HlXli,
„„„ was coming ou they determined to com- 1
There was a plenty for all, and every-1 ding cards which announce dom of God, 1864. He got Matthew IS, m enee work, and ns the free miners
to their friends the pleasing news of 43 » Augusta, Ga., was converted, and WO uld not go to work they contracted,
their marriage as follows: he knew it and I know it now. twenty- with the state for 125 convicts. The
Mr. Calvin Christy Nichols and Miss two years afterwards. To God be all first installment of forty were sent to
Elizabeth Natlie Breunig, Married I the glory. Was sanctified jjke ^lst | the mines July 5.
Thursday, July, sixteenth, eigh
hundred and ninety-one, Atlanta,
And accompanying this news is a i — --—r— v ». , .
announcing their intentions of being at I Now, oh my Jesus, let me say. Kept
Twelve Complete New Novels
By the most Popular Authors of the day,
THE BOOK STORES
I Will be given away to aU subscribers to or pur
chasers of the
During .the year 1881.
body enjoyed it immensely.
AFTER DINNER SPEECHES
After the feast was over the crowds
gathered once more at the speaker’s
stand, when “Sockless Jerry” was in
troduced to the farmers.
ouucea to me larmers. I auuuuuuiuK Ural «* ““ I tbrmfirh hdriTnnl I Surrounded the Convict Camp,
He stood tor several seconds greeted j a4ter 0ctober loth at tho K,m * j ^ I go by heaven for Jesus ’sake. J notified tho guards that they must
•by loud aoplause, and looked about him. a
smiling.
I ball.
Mr. Nichols is well known and much
I esteemed in Athens.
He then blanched off into some Witty
statement as to how he came to claim
the title Sockless.
His speech was on the same oft re-
SAM SMALL AGAIN.
Amen. Athens, Ga., July 11, 1856. I surrender the convicts to them. This
Read over, 30, Known in Epistle of ^ prison superintendent refused to do.
John. I The miners were determined, and finally
every person who shall pun
from a newsdealer or carrier, without addi
tional charge. Each supplement will contain
one of the latest, beBt and most popular nov
els, unchanged and unabridged. As above
stated, one of them will accompany the first
issue of our paper for each month in the year,
that during the year we shall present to our
He la to be Editor of Atlanta’s New
Paper.
it wa* agreed that the convicts would be subscribers and patrons twelve complete moi
surrendered to toe
„ , -ruTHiiueriii n> tnfl men on condition I ® rn novels. They will be verbatim reprints of
A Unique Horror. SStthwHbe retmed to the P°P“ lar «>id in the book-stores and
XI,S epuccu uu „uu oaiuo — 1 - _- , Burlington, la., July 16.-Mr. John {SncBrKSs£f neW8 - Btand8 at 25 cents eaoh * honca
peated line urging the farmers to cling Atlanta, Ga., Jnly 16.—[Special.]— R. Conner, of 817 West Fourth street, depot, four milee distant. This was We Shall Actually Give Away to all
to the Ocala platform. He touched but | A newspaper sensation was developed | St. Louis, had had the nnique horror of I done at 8 o'clock in the morning. The! onr Snhserihera and Patrons for
LU bUU Woltti pilULUllUt UC bUULULU I xa. I kjv« ■ . , . , I via* kj u
lightly on the third party scheme, and this evening. It is nothing less than opening a coffin expecting to see the Sx'^: an a > Q^veLo7 e Bu C lmnlS noM th ® y '
waa not annlauded when he did. It the fact that Sam Small is to be editor dead face of his brother and finding tified. two eonvtets having Wo]
oar Subscribers and Patrons for
the year 1891, Three Dollars’
orth of the Best Modern
Fiction !
people UClUiri in'll n QIC no I nuu iu«u V VVMWWa >W ww —— -- — | DMU«,„VW ■ ■■■■■ — —«r■ ■ ■ ^ . | ,
solid alliancemen aa he will find any- editor of the same paper. It 8 ® ems bSth^^to^byt IriSthoS'
where they were democrats with ;t all. that for some time Small has been ih^wMexico, had ordered the re-
The sockless statesman made a good | in conference with proprietor of pro- | mai :i a sent to St. Louis. Upon the
telegraphed to
speech and it wa3 right to the farmers posed paper, they are endeavoring to above ^discovery Jie
heart. .. 1 I secure his services as editor. He came f ^
professor white’s spebch. two days ago and upon receiving assur-
In introducing Hon. L. F. Livings- ance of ample backing, moral and fl-
ton, Prof. H. C. White, President of the nancial.
State College of Agriculture had this to
say: ] JEFFERSON JOTTINGS,
Ladies and Gentlemen I have not |
_ _ 1 to his |
brother, who came to St, Louis in per
son aud identified the remains as those
of one August Gledkers, of Burlington.
No one knows each a man here, and it
is thought he was passing under an as
sumed name. An investigation is being
made. •'
Result ot a Spree.
Minneapolis, July 16.—A special to
Lhe governor
the convicts held until further
tions. .
The governor has ordered the Rifles,
arms, read
latest works
3l suppl
ot such
famous authors as
of this city, under
the scone of trouble.
ready to go to
e
ordered |
instruc-
H. Eider Eaggprd, Euduard Kipling, Bober
Louie Stevenson, W. Clarke J&eed!, Wil
liam Black, Walter Beeant, £. L. Far-
jeon, Edna Zyell, “ The J)uoheee,\
Florence Marryat, Jlre. Alex
ander, Mies M. E. Braddon,
Rosa Eouchette Carey,
and others.
Every novel that appears in onr supplements
will be of the highest order of ment, and it
should be specially borne in mind that we do
not propose to present to onr subscribers re
prints of old stories published years ago, but
on the contrary only the latest new novels, as
The Tribune from Tacoma says^ Thomas I Mrip of skin 9x5 inches was cut ^m |‘tejappe^ Readers of Tan Banska will
SHE SOLD HER SKIN.
A Noedv Woiuun Furnishes Material for
Grafting Purposes.
SaN Francisco, July 16.—Mrs. Lucy
Pratt, a ybung widow, has sold 45
square inches of her skin for $100. A
the privilege of membership in the | What is Going on in Jackson’s Capital,
great organization to which mostof you j BFFKKSO n. Ga., July 16. [Special.]
here present belong, but I am informed _ Mr T R Holder, manager of the | TUe TTiDuneirom racomasays: momas i ~*** y-. i ihe nf 0 ^ enjoy a delightful intellectual privi-
that one of its fundamentnl purposes is j^j^n Herald, is in Atlanta attend- Hinckley came over from Seattle and k®* t>ody by snrgeons and grafted onto lege, at no ejepense whatever, but which would
?P* “eettngof toe Georgia week- | went on a 8prea Procuring a revolver ^ of Wm. A. Dagptta railway ^purahS.ft^^ sam9 nov<la
he, in company with a man named | “^1 elfcrk, who was frightfully injured | 8t0 re. P
u which shall form the characters of
^ id honest men; education which
shall blossom into lives ot righteous
ness and virtue; education in habits of
economy and thrift; education which
shall make you competent to exercise
intelligently the freeman’s right to bear
a;part in the building of his govern
ment; education which shall make you
such worthy critics of lines of public
lies. .
Mr. W. H. Smith leaves today for At-1
lanta. He will spend two weeks in the
Gate City. . I
Miss Ferry Bird, of Athens, is visit
ing Miss Watson on Sycamore street. |
Mns Mattie Storey, of Greensboro, is i
spending a week with Mrs. Bell on
Church avenue.
Miss Pearl Rivers left this morning
will spend |
ews-sta nd or a book
Douglas, went on to the Elk saloon and I ™ railroad accident at Port Costa,
called up all hands for a drink. While ^ leg was terribly burned, and
the barkeeper wns serving the crowd I tho wound would not heal, arid as a last
roirmiu
work in
policy that when yon come in embat- f Lime Springs, where she
tied host, in conscious strength of com- tbe summe r
mon purpose and united energy to do clerk Nibiack and Sheriff (Collier are
the right and overcome the wrong, ao h n Gainesville attending the annual
powers within this commonw. alth or mee jing of the state county officials,
this nation may withstanu you. (Ap- & T ^
plause). • . ^ . HERE LIES!
It is eminently fitting, that when an -
organization such as yours, thus re- Epitepby is a demoralizing kind of
cogniziug the force of education in its taffy It appears on the tombstone, and
fundamental purposes, should gather 1 eulogizes the dead almost to the very
for discussion of its policies that this stars. The usual method of beginning,
old University, the foster-mother of is: “Herelies.” Very suggestive,for
Hinckley pulled his revolver and began
shooting. William Brannon the propri
etor, and George Martin, city tax col
lector. were instantly killed. Several |
other pereo’is were wounded. Hinckley
and Dougl.-n are both iu jail. The mur
derer is bordering on delirium tremens. I
reeort. skin grafting was resorted to.
W. U. MeGregory, a fellow-clerk of
the sufferer, volunteered to make the
sacrifice, but when he learned the
amount of skin needed backed out. Mrs.
Pratt is one of the trained nurses at tbe
hospital for children and training
, school for nurses. She has three chil-
a Penitent New»paper M»n. dren and needed money, eo she offered
Maysvu le, Ky., July 16.—William I to furnish the necessary amount of skin,
The Novel Supple ment for Augnst will contain
My Fellow Laborer,
By H. Rider Haggard,
Author of “ She.” “King’s Solomon’s Mines,”
“Allan Qnartermain,” “The Witch’s
Head,” Etc., Etc.
The great author of “She” needs from us no
introduction or words of commendation. He is
so well known and so great a favorite that every
new story written by him is sure of a warm
welcome by the messes of American readers.
We are therefore happy to announce a story
autno
will be eagerly welcomed by our readers.
Announcements of future issues will be made
Georgia’s intellectual force since tbe
foundation of the Commonwealth,
should bid you welcome to her halls
and groves, and give you the blessings
of her venerable preset ce to your coun
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come to this old campus as to your
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memories of mighty men are round
about you; your children and your
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AT TTn»,tW flic editor of the Uir»<rina. I 3he sabnii t le>i bravely to tho operation, I by this eminent author as one of our Supple'-
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