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ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 28,1891
A LESSON FROM HENRY GRADY’S LIFE
Conciliation between those who at
one time or another in their lives
have differed, is a course to be com
mended and urged by every one.
It is human nature to. differ in
opinion from those around you ; it
is to be expected that men now and
evermore will cling tenaciously to
their principles and wage relentless
warfare against their opponents.
These differences often engender
bitterness that ends in personal diffl'
culty, they often terminate in the
family feud, in which different fami
lies become estranged and continue
so through generations; it often
spreads to whole States with intense
feeling ; and sometimes in
which nations are engaged.
Yet when the battle smoke lifts
and the wounds of war are healed, is
it not much better to exercise the
spirit of conciliation than that of
enduring hatred ?
In this spirit the lajte Henry W.
Grady bore his last message to our
brethren of the North, not as a sup
pliant-; but as a friend and brother,
and above all, as an Araeriqan, and
charmed with the eloquence pf his
silvery tongue and the logic of his
thoughtful mind the sons of New
England as they gathered in the
home of Phillips and of Sumner.
He died with his noble work scarce
begun. The foundations were laid
with a master hand, but the magnif
icent superstructure remains yet to
be reared.
There is no valid reason why the
people of the North and the South
should longer remain estranged. The
partisan bitterness that rankles and
the political spleen that envenoms,
would serve the country and the
world much better if they were con
verted by the magic of common sense
doctrine into the generous and enno
bling principle of conciliation.
Not that either side of the late
civil war should ever give up the
principles, dootrines or traditions of
their fathers, but that the unsucs
cessful should submit with grace
the question settled by the arbitra
ment of the sword, and that the snc>*
cesstul should be satisfied with the
victory they won at the point ot the
bayonet.
The stars end stripes inspire loy
alty and allegiance in thq Southern
breast to-day as much as they did
when they floated over Jackson and
his men at New Orleans, or fluttered
to the breeze over the halls of the
Hontezumas.
Afl are Americans now and are in
terested in carrying the great Re
public on to the highest pinnacle pf
glory and renown.
The question must be solved some
day. Why not begin to solve it
now?
The first suggestion towards its
solution seems to be this: The peo
ple of both sections are not well
enough acquainted with each other
T bey do not understand the circum
stances surrounding each other, and
and, the conditions which bind each
station to the performance of their
duties. They should become better
acquainted with each other ; should
learn more of each other’s institu
tions and customs ; and in propor
tion as their knowledge of each other
increases, just so rapidly will the
sectional spirit vanish.
The negro question is viewed by
the people of the North as “ through
a glass, darkly,” and their judgment
on it is made np from hearsay and
what is read in partisan papers. If
they would investigate it thoroughly
they would come to the conclusion
that the people of the South in pa
tience and forbearance are now work*
ing out in a masterful way the most
p ortentous problem ever offered for
solution.
A gentleman from New England,
who tougkt through the entire war
in the Federal army, and who has
made the South bis home for ten
i v years past, tells us that if the people
1 of bis section could be brought to a
realization of the conditions that now
'I N surround the people of the South
they would agree with him that the
negro question is safe in the hands
of the sons of Diriei, and that no
more loyal people can be found in
Ibeir devotion to the re-united Re
those happy days-
THE
SUB-LAZY MAN TALKS
ABOUT OLD ATHENS.
THE CITY CLERKSHIP.
public.
Twenty-six years have
since the surrender at Appomattox.
The South lo§t all save honor, but
she comes to»3ay to renew again her
devotion to the American Republic,
which is expanding every hour.
When the press all over the land
shall silence their sectional pens ;
when the bloody shirt shall cease to
he waved by politicians ; when an- w _
... „ of „u thn ear of was a source of genuine regret and ap- I not oi.ly be .recognized aS the lead-
other Grady shall ^atc I pjgjyjjigjon to all of our citizens yester- I in K educational center of the_ Gulf
the North with earnest and convin- day, and when at night came the sad | states, but the most b
* news of his death, the shock to his Queenly inland city of all
cing speech and thought, the two friends,—and who that has known him Southland
. ... ... was not one—was terrible. Mr. Gille-
sections will gravitate more rapicuy I j anj j }j at j won a warm place in the
towards the point of perfect recon- hearts of the people of Athens-affable,
” r I obliging, and painstaking, he seemed to
Those Men Who Have Figured Promi
nently In the History of Athens-
Other Matters of General Inter
est—The Old South.
The sudden and serious illness of our
excellent Clerk of the City Council
' classes, in the prosperity sijd hapiness
j of the middle, classes in the grace and
refinement if its beautiful women, and
in the good cheer and contentment of
its laborers.
#** ~ < y
But then came luin and the desola
tion of the war, and after that four
years struggle, the South lost all, save
honor, and caine out of the revolution
the poorest people on the Gl-Se. And
it is since that tiine that our city has
grown with such rapid strikes. Four
railroads now enter the town—two of
which are grand tink lines, and new
enterprises and improvements are
springing up on ever side, and it will
be only a few short years when Athens
MR- GILLELAND DEAD.
THE GOOD TEMPLARS.
A GOOD
beautiful and
our glorious
Sub-Lazy Man.
MAN PASSES
THE RIVER.
BEYOND
THEIR GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA
TO MEET HERE.
THE ALLIANCE ORGAN.
(filiation. I haye the affairs of the city under thor-
~ . ^ ougb control and to be able and willing
When that day shall come an ff t oaS8 i 8 t any inquirer who came to him
„hn1s American Rennhlie for Information. Never impatient or
over the whole American KeP“ ullc dogmatic, it was a pleasure even to give
the voice of the partisan shall be si*» in one’s tax returns to such a one of
M ^ ™ . nature’s noblemen. An old Confederate
lent, let Athens rejoice that in Henry I —and a one-armed man at that—at the
«* gaS *. *Uu. «>. -sc-fut sisSSZffiE rvLS
worthy too th.t .frtod them oo the thagffiW|’ b* .Iready W
path to reconciliation. people of Athens, that a change has not' candidate for the org p of the A1
~ *—- 1 n thought of. It was
TO JOIN THE MAJORITY.
A Life of usefulness and Many Victo
ries Ended In Sudden Death-
A Solemn Spell of Grief and
Sorrow In Athens—HIs Life-
work Closed.
Mr, W. A. Gilleland is dead.
And many a heart will be bowed in
profound.e3t grief at the news ib-day,
A man whose honorable beariug in
public and private affairs has always
won naught but good esteem; a man
whose generous heart and hand have
ON THE TWENTY-EIGHTH.
Some Prominent Members Coming
’’ prom all Parts of the State—Mrs.
£ Felton may Come-Great prepa
rations Being Made.
SCHOOL
STATIONERY
A Matter of Veracity arises bp'
tween Brethren Brown and Burks, „—
Here’s a little sensation which allal- aljvays served humbly at the oomman
liancemen will read with interest. The of charity; a man whose very life from
Alliance Monthly edited by Mr. Burks I cradle to the grave has been righteous
prints the following which may mean , unsta ip e d, be passes away with the
something to those who can read be- 9 * “ TT ’ , . „ v _—
tween the lines: ' unstinted love and admiration of every
The Southern Alliance Farmer is at-1 one.
Athens will miss him sorely
Some of the third party agiutoratold ^gJ^sTfe might ^ared^nd that | a ^Xve^dedn
ir Georgia Farmers that the West was might be speedily restored to health. 1 »iimn®ha»AndI
our . , m
chrystalizing for the third party and
thataU the leading newspapers £, very responsible position, and ha,
there were urging the alliance to join wa | 8 mjed g y worthy men. W1
the third party. ’Ti,n’t true. The fol- the charter pf the town was changed so
lowing letter received from the Otpaha “to allow of a Clerk of Council, Capt.
IT 6 . ’ .' _ . _ j W. H. Dorsey was first elected to the
Bee, one of the greyest papers m the j He held the positiph
West, contradicts the statement unmis
takably:
Omaha, Jupe 27.188|l
Editor Banner, Athens, Qp:
Dear Sir: We have reproduced your
editorial of June 23rd againstthe fusion
s/ysiiit"'''’
turn this over to some member of your
staff ta&fittod for the work and ask
him to write us a letter not to .exceed a
tho^sani tetads, giyip* M_.“e
facto upon which you based ytaredito*
rial above mentipned, ana very much j ed—his majority being 19. A very
the assertion
candidate for the organship of the Alli
ance. If the Southern Alliance Farm
er knows anything, it knows that such
us is false.
declared time'and again,
through the columns of the Monthly,
The Clerk of the Oitv Connell ia-a I that we are a candidate for no position,
,S„.7 in the alliance or out of it. Only a few
srv resDonaible Dosition. and ha, d- weeks before the orgaQ this, . . p . .
.i an I charge, the editor of the Monthly told | ff. ^
Mr. H. E. Brown in the presence of F, "
B. Logan, that he had rather give the
Monthly away, and quit business than
to have it adopted as organ of the
State alliance. Now, I ask Mr. IJrpwn
if this is not true.
Mr. Brown said in my presence and
The City Couuoil will miss him at
thcjrr regular meetings, for
when they gathered to
deliberate for Athens’ good be was ever
there to render information and advice
from the Clerk’s desk such as they can
not expect from his successor.
The business world -will miss him,for
the Athens Saving
Bank and in other business relations he
has done much for the material advance
ment of Athens.
But most of all he will be missed at
home where a devoted family of yrite
and son knew his tfood heart best, and
ted to
position for seyeral
years, until failing health' caused hin»
to give it up. o ne of the most exciting
local elections in the history of Athens,
itor of the Southern Banner entered 12!/AuiancR^armer orsa^ of^tbeState I hence knew be8t 10 love
(be nee tor Clerk ot Coeocll e^est | at^S™™Sre'b»rn ttS' enLH.Wn,
anything that ever happened to hip pa
per. This is true, is it not Mr Brown.
No, we want no organ in ours. We
do not want to be the money who
grinds the organ. More especially if
we have to endorse our leaders—leaders
as corrupt as Mr Brown bad said Cel.
Livingston is. No; excuse usand ,uf-
fer no uneasiness.
against
Capt. Dorsey. The election was very |
exciting, as both the candidates were
very pdP u l ar t and every inch of the j
ground was contested. A little of the
feeling of National politics entered into j
the contest as Capt- Doreey was an old-
line whig and Mr. Sledge an iron-jrib- |
bed democrat. Capt. Dorsey was dect-
■ ry fall I
vote was polled.
, **•
As we have said Capt. Dorsey w,s a
very efficient officer, and was really the
most active one in the town govern-1
menL A marshal and deputy marshal
were the police forte, and the town
clerk bad not only the collecting of
taxes, but to look after almost every
thing else pertaining to the town gov-1
In those days the Mayor’s
very truly yours.
The Bee,
per Haynes.
This does not seem to corroborate
the evidence of tbe aforesaid third par
ty agitators. Asa matter pf fact the
third party out West is no$ gaining
ground-as fast as these third party agi-
tutors say it is. Many of the .^Western waa about half of pne
republican alliancemen however, are | 0 f our present council men, and the rei
Every tissue of the body,every nerve,
bone and muscle is made stronger ppd
more healthy by taking Hood’s Sarsa
parilla.
MR GILIJtl.AND’S LIFE.
Hr. Gilleland was nearly fifty-three
years old. He was born in Athens, and
was a son of Mr. Jpbn Gilleland
Hp was educated here at private
schools, not having the advantage of a
university education. Mr. Gilleland
was a .self-made man. Schools before
the war were not what they are today
and Mr. Gilleland went oat from their
walls to enter the busy fields of life un
tutored to an extppt, but bent upon
paving the way to suqpefs in whatever
he undertook tp do.
Just after he had
left school the first guns
going to vote the Democratic ticket,
which, after all, is the people’s picket. |
The alliance of Georgia will go slow in
this matter.
The Banner is for the Alliance to the
end. We believe much good has come
of it, and we think the farmers do right
to unite. The Banner believes the
third party to be a scheme of therepubli
can protectionests to break up the fast
increasing , power of the Democracy,
and hence Thr Banner beg? the Alii-1 on~)ll2,000.”
ance to have nothing to do with .it.
The Banker is for the AUjance and
therefore opposed to the Third party.
We will fight it to the end.
resentalives from tbe different Wards
had no compensirtoa for their services.
All this made the Clerk’s office the
more laborious. That officer was a very
accommodating man, and he tried to be
obliging to all. Many years after this,
when a citizen of Athens offered the late
Col. S. P. Thurmond, and urged him
to become a candidate for Mayor, that
gentleman said: “Ob,
A Pronunclamento.
The following from the pen of (he
versatile president of the Clarke Coupty
Farmers’ club carries with' it' an pn-
nouneemeut and a request and explains j of the oilvii war were thundering out
itself: I their frightful summon* to the palriot-
To TMBt Farmers of Clarke County,
g<
know I can’t be elected,
retrenchment and that would defeat
me.” He then remarked that “Capt.
Dorsey used to run the whole town
about as well on $600, as it is now run
(All Alliakcembn and Non-Al-
uakcrmbn),
Greeting :
The Gtorgia State Agricultural So
ciety : Your brother farmers and your
comrades in the cause of Education in
Agriculture will convene at tbe Chapel
of the
Georgia's free school aye
to be improved upon, and '
attended toby tbe present
BostonWorld.-
Correct you are. Now let all tbe
papers work to tbi* find find something
will show to the Georgia law makers
a plan upon which to work. Let’s have
• full discussion of tbe matter.
That legislative bill providing for the
punishment of drunken doctors anj'
prescription clerks has in it many point
of absurdity. Allowing those pi
tionen to get drunk when not on
is actually tempting them U
their duties. Deciding whet
were tj
rove
ornipg News.
Especially in S&vannph, eh?
The Cbiopgp.Herald says: Election
day ip Ohio promises to be a grea£
event for republican blocks-of-flyei
McKinley has the greatest contempt
for everything cheap, and . he will
doubtless pay a good price for votes.
That’s just about the size of it.
J r
l
tally opdu^r ornot will
a difficult matter.—Savant
After Capt Dorsey's day, we believe
the Clerks office has been filled unin
terruptedly by one-armed confederate
soldiers. Mr. Daniel McKinzie, an old
Banner typo, went to the war and lost
an arm at the battle of Manassas. Soon
after tbe war, perhaps in 1865Jor ’66 he
was elected to this position, we do not
remember juBt how long Mr. McKinzie
filled tbe place, but think it was for
two years. He then left Athens and
located in Franklin County and taught
school for a number of years. At tbe
last election for connty officers in that
county he was elected Ordinary and
still hold that position.
#*# a
On the retirement of Mr, McKinzie
from the clerks office, Mr. Albert L.
Mitchell, a one-armed soldier and a
bright young lawyer, was at once rec
ognized as a most suitable man was
lected without opposition. Mr.
Mitchell held the place for a few years,
until the establishment of the county
court, when he was promoted to the
• of that court, and hence he
resigned his place as clerk of the city
council. On Judge Mitchell’s retire
ment Mr. Gilleland was elected clerk,
and has filled the position ever since,
[ most satisfactorily to all concerned.
*vr
no, , you I of the Uaiv«rsity on the morning
1 believe in 112th of August. The delegates are the
guests of the Mayor and Council of Ath
ens, and “The Farmer,’ Club of Clarke
county.”
We will beg each and every farmer of
Clarke county to contribute a basket of
fruit and a few melons, the same to
grace the tables of banquet and recei
tion to be given delegates on the nigpt
of August 12th, kindly arranged by tl
ladies of Athens and Clarke county.
Contributions will be received by spy
ic sons of the sunny southland and Mr.
Gilleland was among the first to answer
to the call of his country. He left Ath
ens in ’61 with MeU’sBifl < *i as sargeant
aud served with the famous Cobb’s Le
gion where wild war’s deadily blast was
blowing hardest.
He wm promoted to Lieutenant, and
while engaged in battle at Chancellors-
ville sacrificed his left arm on the altar
of his country.
Mr. Gilleland married Miss Minerva
dge, a daughter of Mr. Warren Edge
and sister of Misa E. S. Edge, of Ath
ens. He has but one child Mr. Clement
Gilleland a young man of many supe
rior gifts and qualifications.
Mr. Gilleland has served as a public
our "“Far-1 man all his life.
Returning from the war he was m»fle
collector of taxes and kind in whiQh
office he served until 1871 when he was
elected clerk of the city council of Ath
ens.
Several years ago he was elected
We“are” convinced that I cwbie? of tbe Athens Savings Bank and
The Good Templars are dead in earn
est.
And they are going to give the Grand
Lodge of the state a grand time at their
convention which is to be held here in
Athens on the twenty-eighth.*
This convention promises to be one of
the greatest rallies ever knovtnto the
history of the order, and the Good
Templars all over Georgia are lookiug
forward with pleasurable contempla- . -cTrTTT/"\T Tpci a t in -r,
tion to the time when they are to gath- " nUldJjoALCi RATjjQ
er in Athens. *
The convention will begin its session
promptly on the morning of the 28th in
the spacious hall engaged already by the
Good Templars of Athens.
There will be a hundred delegates
here and a great many visiters besides
who will not come as delegates, but to
look on as interested spectators.
Many very prominent members of
h» order will be in Athena to take part
in :he inviting programme that is be
ing arranged.
trs. W. H. Felton will probably ta
among the number. She is a great
w< < ker in the cause.
Great preparations are being made by
Cl, . local members here to make the en
tertainment of the visiting delegations
as perfect and pleasant as possible.
hey are preparing to entertain the
de sgates at their homes and will give
ti .m such a cordial welcome as only
At ienians can give. The ballwi|lbe
handsomely decorated and everything
arranged in a becoming style.
The Good Templars havo a strong
footing in Athens. The order here has
flourished most prosperously ever since
it was first established and now numbers
on its book of roll call very many of
A- hens’ best and most influential citi
zens. The Good Templars grew in
number daring the recent prohibition
"lection in Athens and to J he work ac
omplisbed by this order the prohibi
tion victory was largely due.
Every member of the order is enthu
siastically working for grand success to
result from the State Lodge Convention
tb at is to meet here next week,
i'he twenty-eighth is the day.
Merchants Supplied
lowest Prices!
' * ' '' ' ' • a
D. W. McGregor,
book-store,
ATHENS, GA,
July 7—wtf
faEr>B6I\, CLARKE COUNTY -Or.iTT
V» ry’8 office. J-jly «h. 189L
Executor of Annie T Camak, deceased
Fonts that lie has fully discharged the ,'imR
to show cause. If nny they can, on or lafor.;2
first Monday in October next, why .-aid |\~
tor should not be diecharged from said trnsr
8.A1 HEKUISGIij's,
Ordinary,
, Bradbony hie •
said county died Intestate, and no persoa hu
applied for administration on thr estate ot -aid
deceased, and that administration win be vested
in the County administrator, or. some other it
and proper person, on the fiv-tMoudwin u-
f ust next, unless valid obi «tions is n uu
heret-. S. M. HERBixGlOJi,
Oidioir*.
EORGIA, CLARKE COUNTY: Ordioi'
ry’sOffi'e, June 27th, 1891. -Notice it
hereby given to all concerned that Carter
-Brown, col’d. late of said connty, died inlet,
tate, and no person has applied for adminit-
tration on the estate of said deceived, ud
that administration will be vested in the Coun
ty Administrator, or some other fit ud proper
person, oo the first Monday in August next,
unless valid objections is made thereto.
S. M. HEKR1.UT0N,
Ordinary,
MR. GILLELAND’S FUNERAL-.
in the hands of committee oi
mer’s Club.” i
As each and every white citizen of
Clarke county (our fair women of
course included)are recoguizedas mem
bers of our “Farmer’s Club” of Clarl
county, and as we all kuow that all
roads which lead to the temple of our
prosperity, commence at the doors of
oar farmers.
old Clarke will do her duty on this oc-1
casion.
Edwin D Newton, President Far
mer’s Club of Ci&rke connty.
E K. Lumpkin, Secretary.
THE ROUNTREE MURDER.
Frank J.ohpscn, the Negro Who Shot
Is out of the Cham-Genjg.
Frank Johnstons, the negro who was
sent to the chain-gang for , term of
ten yeara because of the part he played
in the memorable scone of tbe Rdun-
tree murder in Athens has returned.
It Will be remembered - that
Johnson was the negro who fired at
IfBro. "W ananaker
any better than some of his
stamps, there is a chance
soon come off.—Boston Herald.
This short review in reference to the
city clerk indicates the wonderful
growth of Athens. When Capt. Por r 1 young Rountree in front of Ithe court
sey held the office, and as Col. f Jhur- bouse and who in company with anoth
, rnond said, run the town.” Athens I . ^ , r ,
a n>f oH ,.v then only had a population of about er negro nwned E - 0 9 kept up the atr i ^ ^ v a
r hfs nostae-e I four thousand. That was before the' tack until it ended iu the fall of J^ryj death was, congestion pf the brum. Spn
'trustees of the University formulated;
their plans for an endorsement of that
ffl
under his splendid guidance tbe
company went on to success most
speedily, , ,
In every relation Mr. Gilleland was a
mao who never failed to succeed aud
make firm friends. It is easy and safe
to avdw tha.t no man thought ill of him
at hi? death, but all stand up in sorrow
,nd reverence to proclaim:
“THJS WAS a MAN.”
Mr. Gilleland leaves a
wife, a son, a ' brother
Mri Jftb* Gtllsland, and a sister Mrs.
Eliza A. Pridgeon as nearest relative,
to mourn his death.To then, every heart
goes. put in simp,thy and mutual
grief.
The cause of Mr. Gilleland’s sudden
may
Rountree, a wouuued man.
» w . inatitution so th&t It niigh 4eprop«fyk ,c OT o s ln A(l lw » ,i)d
Bpp according to some of Mr. Wana- ca n e d the University; it was before I around tbe jaU when Johnson was ijp-
makh-h’s appointments he holds faster that great and good man Gen. T. R. R. prisoned will not soon be forgotton.
to color than bis postage stamp would I Cobb had conceived the .idea of j Johnson bas been released and.isuow
indicate. | • 0p ? > . and before in ^eps. Echols will be in the chain
the state for th^excellent^systlm of fire y ea « yet having to servo an I MriGilleland ™a fgthfnj member,
public schools wbieh most of our cities additional sentence for assaulting:.& I ? 1 be a ntwicO| will take place at 4
nnw BAQuoas amnner wKInVi thn nnK. I I ® C*OCK*
day night at one o’clock he was taken
very ^firiou.sly sickiand from that attack
he diq. not recover. He died last eve-
iqg at ten miuutes.after 8 o’clock
THE FUNERAL TODAY*
The funeral will occur this afternoon
from the Methodist church of which
Hi!
In union there is strength and the, _ ,
now possess and amon.
Alliance of Georgia has tbe strength to hc 8c hools of Athens
sweep put republicanism and its coun- | in front,
terpart third partyism and still keep
the South free from negro rule, and re
construction day methods.
; which the pub- guard,
stand
DOUBT NO MORE.
ellin
Better schools means better
teachers. Build up the University and
the common schools alongside each
other and the system of higher educa
tion in Georgia will be complete.
t— » » - ;■>. —:
The Boston Herald says: The an
nouncement ttat tbe President is per
fectly conteDtwith Bro, John Mana
ma ker’s explanation shows hoty easily
satisfied some folks are.
Onio’s Campbell has got his back up
and Tariff Bill McKinley has got to
hump himself to win, says tbe Chicago
Herald. Well, it looks very much that
way.
People’s party; what a false name.
Protectionists are behind it to break up
the democracy but it won’t go down
here in the birthplace of democracy. ,
■
“Darn the Third party,” as the
Georgia cracker would say.
Pity the d,y when Georgia forgets
the Democracy of Jefferson.
Efrect of a Change, of Water.
At this 9 -ason when people- are tray-1. 'JS? ?3 er an ?- r0 ^?f.
for pleasure, they wonder at the IPff ® r * Holts Dyspeptic Elixir cunug
ered condition of the bowels. In Dyspepsia it.hw been entirely removed,
road service "we had, and there hall just i the majority of these crises it is due to having been tested in hundreds of cases
been established the first tel^raph_in chjmg« ofjvafett^ Take Dr. . Bigg,rs’ | ^iS^ce^^Ws^isea^'has^b^fflta
At that time the Athens
the Georgia railroad, was the
Branch
if only
the old Barbs office in the room over
Col. Huggin’s store. Mr. Geo. H. Pal
mer was tbe operator, but the tele-
graphic service was hardly sufficient to
pay that gentlemen enough salary to
warrant bis continuiag iu the work.
This Lazy Man remembers that one-
sultry afternoon a tavere thunder
storm came up, and the lightning caused
explosions in the battery of the tele
graph room like the explosion of a
platoon of musketry. Col. Sledge edi
tor of the Banner seized an old butcher
knife and went out on tbe steps and
severed tbe telegraph wire, even while
the storm was raging. \
***
The Sub-Lazy H & n will say right
here that though Athens was then
small and had very little to brag about
except Franklin college, yet her people
were prosperous anc\ happy. This
bright land of the sun in tne decade
from 1850 to 1860, was the most glori-
our land on tbe globe. Poverty was
unknown and happiness among all
classes wag tbe rule. The south was
rich in every sense of the word, and
her people of all classes and races, were
the most highly favored of all peoples.
There is a good deal of talk about tbe
“New South,” but with all its glory it
can never equal tbe “Old South” in
the grand intellectual power of its
etetcemen, io the culture of itoeduc*&l
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UP IN CARMESVILLE.
Soma Interesting News Notes From)
thw Capital of Franklin.
Caknksvillk, Ga., July 20.
Mrs. J. A- Manley and Mrs. G. E.
Kampley, of this place, and Mrs. W.T.
Arnold, of Elbertou, all daughters of
the late G. E. Herndon, Sr., of Elber-
ton, are spending some time at Frank
lin springs, accompanied by their mo
ther. * -r “
Miss Sue Burrus9 and Mr. Joe Bur-
rugs, of Rutledge, who have been visit
ing relatives and friends here for some
time past returned home to-day.
T, J. McConnell and C. D. McEntire
spent Sunday in Jefferson
The seasou up to this time in this
vicinity have been fine and crop pros
pects all first class, notwithstadking
cotton is small for the season, though
the yield may be very large as a late fall
and fair season will make large crops
yet.
J. W, Halbrook, of Bowersville, is re
ported in the souh for several thousand
dollars losses on speculation in futures
it is said he has been very successful in
bis speculation’s and present losses are
only replacing farmer gains, ‘ a fair ex
change is no robbi-ry,” enpui specula
tion.
the ,kiU of the most eminent physi
cians. Dr. Holt’s Dyspeptic Elixir is
the only remedy known that will cure
every cajw. I$.ig a epecific for all dis
eases of the stomach, bowels and kid
ney,. It cures Headache, Constipation,
Jeqndice, Heart Trouble, Sallow Skin,
Brown Splotches on skin and asthma if
coqaplioated with indigestion. Manu
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Thr Athens District Conference.
—It would be well for each member of
the AthenB District, Conference to se
cure a certificate from the railroad agent
offhaving paid full fare
Whit go to as .they
Plains. At the conference secure from
tbe secretafy a certificate of member
ship, and then no doubt return tickets
will be purchased at reduced rates.
McEIrce’* wine of Cardul
and THEDFORDS BLACK -DRAUGHT are
for sale by tb* following merchants in
E S Lyndon, Athens, Ga.
J B Fowler, near Athens.
J W Hardy, neat Athens.
R T Brumby A Co., Athens.
LPSUDWiffCo* Athene*
It Was Attended by a Large Number
of Friends— The Stores Closed.
Tuesday afternoon a large congre
gation assembled at First Metbodist
church to pay the last tribute to the
memory of Mr. W. A. Gilleland.
The Mayor and members of the city
oouncil, together with the police offi
cers escorted the remains to the church
followed by the bereaved family and
relatives and friends.
Arriving at tbe church the officiating
minister Rev. H. H. Parks walked in
front of the remains.
The choir, consisted of Mrs. Wallace
Brumby, Mrs. W. W. Lampkin and
Messrs. Haselton and J. H. Huggins
while Mrs. Bailie Stanley presided at
the organ. The music was very sweet
and impressive, ana many eyes moisten
ed as the solemn words “1 would not
live alway,” in soft and subdued notes
fell upon thq ear.
Mr, Parks read tbe 9th Psalm and a
part of tbe 15th chapter, of 1st Corin
thians, as the scripture lessons and then
gave out Hymn 895. “Thee we adore,
eternal napm,” etc. After the singing
of the hymn, Dr. Lane off.-red up a
tnost fervent prayer. Mr, Pa;ks here
read another short lesson from Eccles
iastes, andjselectod as a text a verse
from St. John’s gospel “I must work
the works of him that teat;
me while it is' day, for
cho night cometh when no man can.
work.”
The preacher first explained tbe text
with reference to the work of our
Savior, Jesus Christ, and that it applied
Jo His work while incarnated aud to the
sa« ifleial ottering which he made pf
Himself for the sins of the vyorlj.
minister then applied the words of the
■e-t to his congregation. And what is
the great work enjoined upon every
hu nan being? A preparation to meet
Gi 1. The minister showed in what
this preparation consisted. By nature
alt arc sinners, aud in rebellion against
Op 1. The heart must be changed uud
th. nature renewed. This is
de.rly taught in the scriptures. VVhgt
is : au’s work in this matter? Repea
ter oe, and this is enjoined upon all
mi i. Coupled with this there must be
faica in the Lord Jesus Christ. Genu
in*» repentance, faith aud prayer accom-
•>ar ring, always lead- to conversion and
regeneration. When this is attained, a
ma^’s Christian life is just commenced,
adh it must be a warfare from that lame
till the day of death. “Do the work of
Him that sent me. ■
The preacher next showed the
time when this work was t.o be.dono—
“'v .ilt* it is day,’ —that is during the
probation which is given us. He im
pressively warned his hearers that un
less that preparation ip was
made in life, there could
’ no opportunity after, death to attend
Jit Sometimes death was sudden as
in the case of Mr. Gilleland and he urg
ed upon all-to attend to thejji eat. work
enjoined upon them speedily.
la conclusion'Mr. Parks spoke feel-
ingiy of the character of Mr. Gilleland,
aac of how faithful he had always beeu
in wll the relations of life. He read a
brief outline of the life of deceased and
said Mr. Gilleland had been a church
member from early inauhood and while
um'emontrative was always faithful.
After this tribute to the memory
of the / deceased Mr. Parks
made an earue-t appeal to the city
officers to heed the Providence of God
in thus removing one of their number,
and then urged the lesson upon the con
gregation at large.
As the saddened congregation left
the church the tremulous notes of the
organ and tbe saddened voices of .the
singers sang in tones of melting pathos,
of
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A large concourse of friends followed it * ir8 - ° Ter Max Joseph.
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