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THE LEASE OF THE CENTRAL RAIL j point of the funnel will be West \rn*n . i : i - r V . V. , .!. V, i V / 1 < IT f I V\f ll iT » 1 1 SQ1 : • / • ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING, AlABMi iM*> ROAD. In his speeeh at Antioch Camp Ground in Hall county a few days ago, Hr. Patrick Calhoun, in speak ing of “reshaping’’ the railroad sys tems of this section so as to pnt Sa vannah and other Southern cities into vigorous competition for a part of the commerce of this continent, among other things said to those Hall county farmers: “If yon lived in Philadelphia or Hew York woold you not like to see the commerce of the country perma nently tied to them? Would you like to see a part of thecommeroe for the Missouri river country go through Savannah?’ These queries convey a truth which is obvious. He was talking sense to the Hall county farmers. If they lived in New York they would be for New York and against Savannah or any other place. It is human nature. They would be either more, or less than human if they were not so. It is generally known that the lease of the Central Railroad to the Georgia Pacific puts the Central un der the control of the Richmond <k Danville, which is owned by the Terminal Company. The Terminal owns a majority of the stock in all three, so that the lease of the Central is at last the Terminal’s own doing. The present Board of Directors of the Terminal Company, as given by Poor’s Manual, is composed of the following gentlemen: H B Plant, Samuel Thomas, J Gould, John G Moore, George J Gould, Abram S Hewitt, John H Hall, |R T Wilson, Sidney Dillon, John A Rutherford, John C Calhoun, Simon Wonnser, Jas Swann, all of New York, Patrick Calhoun, Atlanta, Ga., J C Maben, New York, Calvin D Price, Lima, Ohio, T M Logan, Richmond, Va. Of these seventeen directors fonr teen live in New York. One is put down to Lima, Ohio, and one to Richmond, Va. Applying the rule laid down by Mr. Calhoun when he was talking to the Hall county far mers, common sense tells us that this board will be found wording for New York every time. Is it reason' able to suppose that these fourteen gentlemen living in New York will deliberately do a thing wbioh injures New York ? Does any one suppose that they will countenance for a mo ment any contract whioh takes busi ness away from New York and gives it to any other city ? They are New Yorkers and they are for New York first. Depend upon it they think they see how this lease will help New York, and Mr. J. Gould and Mr. Dillon think they see how it will help their Western lines. When these two think they see a thing they gen* erally manage to make others see it sooner or later. There are some who thinks that the lease of the Central was dictated by Gonld, Dillon and Thomas in ora to check the growth of business oi Savannah and torn it back to New York over the old rules. During the year preceding this lease the commerce of Savannah had in creased largely. Messrs. Dillon and Thomas, came down through Georgia and took a quiet peep at the situation; it is believeu by many that they went back to New York and directed the Central to be pnt under the control of the Richmond and Danville. Hence the Point, Va. If Mr. Gould was really trying to strengthen the Central and build up Savaunah he would give the Central control ot the others. As it is he has bound the Central hand and foot and turned her over to the Richmond & Danville. The Central is worse off. and so is Sa vannah than before the lease. Then they could take care of themselves and coaid compete for business, now they will get so much and no more, as the Richmond & Danville sees fit to give them. The Terminal Company owns practically all the stock in the R. & D. and gets about all it makes. It only owns a little over half the stock in the Central and gets only its proportionate pari of the rental. It will be difficult for Mo. Gonld and Mr. Dillon even with the aid of the powerful influence of Mr. L F Livingston, to persuade the peo* pie of Georgia that this lease was in tended to take business away from New York and give it to Georgia cities. Mr. Livingston seems to be standing square up to Mr. Gonld in his scheme and Mr. Livingston has great influence in Georgia. The farmers believe everything he tells them. Bat there will be genuine surprise if he succeeds in making them believe that Mr. Gould is really working against his own interest and Hying to bnild up Southern cities and roads at the expense of his own city of New York and his Western roads. If they were trying to divert bus iness from New York to Savannah over the Central why did they lease the Central to the Georgia Pacific which was already leased to the Richmond and Danville. Why did not they lease the Richmond and Danville to the Central? In other words if they were really aiming to turn the commerce over the Central to Savannah why did they put it oat of the power of the Central to control it, and why did they put the control of the Central and its busi ness into the hands of the Richmond and Danville a road which is directly interested in diverting freight from Savannah. The Richmond and Dan ville will make money by hauling freight to West Point, Va., and by diverting it from Savannah. This lease gives it the power to suck the Central dry and feed itself fat. Th OUR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. In cautious language this can be put down as true, that the gravest question before the people of the South to-day is the education of the two races—how it most be brought about, where it must begin and where it ought to end. The problem is complex. There is cause for alarm to dis cerning men st the situation in Geor gia to-day. The condition of our educational interests demands an investigation. There are evils in it that most be checked, and they must be checked at once to warrant the safety ot the State. Under the impulse of the great feeling for higher education schools are multiplying in untold numbers throughout Georgia. But, as ap palling as it may seem, the negro schools are increasing far more rap idly than the whites’. Worse, these negro schools are more largely at tended than the whites’. And there is room for grave doubt if they are not in many instances presided over by teachers whose knowledge of the sciences and the classics cannot cope with the white teachers, for many of these negro educators are college graduates, and there is no denying the troth that they h^ve been well edneated. This is no pleasant view to take of the case, and the first instinctive impulse of the cultured and refined, the patriotic and loyal Southerner is Gould, 10 ^ rown u P° n Gw idea as unreason ble, frightfully overdrawn, untrue But, mark you, what are the tacts ? The 'matter demands patience and concern. There is a negro University in At lanta. There is another negro Uni- Varsity soon to be re-established in Savannah, with thorough equipments and competent instructors. The lat ter is the Statefe institution and will be supported by State and govern ment funds. The negro students who study at these institutions four or five years must be fairly well ed ucated. Indeed the board of visit ors once reported that the examina- tion papers of the Atlanta negro col lege were almost as thorough as those of graduates from many white colleges. Where do these negro graduates go ? They go almost to a man into the profession of teaching, for this is the only profession open open to them save the pulpit Hence it is that the negro schools are mul.. t plying. To these schools in the rural districts, all supplied by the State’s money, thousands of negro children are flocking from the fields of cotton and corn, where they have done acceptable service as did thei hoe and plow standing upright in the field, which mast be taken up by the white children, sons and daughters of the farmers. Thus the white boys and girls are kept ont ol the school house. This is not all. The worst iB yel to be told. When the white children manage to drag through the schools as best they can, going two or three months in the year, and when some of them go out to a University—as a few of them do—do they go back to organ ize a school to teach the sons and daughters of their neighbors? Alas! they do not for the most part. When a poor boy goes to college end spends the money necessary for a University education he cannot af ford to teach school for the pay that ie in it. If the white schools were as largely attended as the negro schools, he coaid do it, bat they are not for the reason already named. There are dozens more professions open to him that offer better pay and naturally enough he drifts into them. And this is the cause for alarm. How urgent in the light of these appalling truths is it that the Nor mal School' department of the State University shonld be established ! How demanding it ie that the Unic versity should be enlarged and ele vated so that hundreds more of the youth of our land conld come within easy grasp ot better knowledge and higher education ! How gravely im portant that the white youths of Georgia should be given a University education as pare and free as the water that we drink, so that even the poorest could become a school teacher ! Awake, Georgians, and enlarge your University. Give it money, build it up, put it in the reach ol your sons, give it wider scope! The plea ie for the poor of Georgia more than for the rich. The rich send their sons to Yale or Harvard. The day is at hand when the school sys tem of Georgia must be improved A great University will solve the problem safely. THE FIRST TRAIN ROLLS OVER THE GEORGIA CARO LINA & NORTHERN BRIDGE IT WASN’T LOADED TO PRODUCE DEATH. A REGULAR SCHEDULE. A SMALL NEGRO BOY. Trains will Come and go After Sep tember 1st.—The Work on the Ma con Sc Northern—The belt line for Athens. Accepting Col. Livingston’s state ment that he Isn’t afraid of the devil, the Nashville American inconsiderately attempts to account for the phenomen on by intimating that there is no occa sion for fear, as the most agreeable re lations exist between the two gentle men. The American shonld not forget to give every one his due—Macon Telegraph. It would seem that such a sensible paper as the Macon Telegraph would have seen before now that such little slurs as this upon CoL Livingston do not pay fifty cents on the dollar. If Mb. Ckisp will leave Georgia and come to Missouri permanently we will go bail that he shall become a first class tariff reformer, who will work for re form in off years as bard as in the years when a speaker is to be chosen. Even a week in Missouri has brought him out immensely. All be needs is about five years of this kind of progress to get in the line of promotion to Democratic leadership.—St. Louis Republic. Never mind, Editob Jones, about Mb. Cbisp. He’s all right. An exchange rises to remark: If the Republicans now in tbe Federal oflices can’t get along without “civil pensions,^ there are plenty of Demo crats who can. The best possible thing to do with a Republican office-holder, at any rate, is to rotate him out and let him try how it feels to earn a living without eating taxes. V Across t be big bridge ’ the first train rolled yesterday atiernooii about sun down. It was tbe constructipn train and it carried upon it a few people who hap pened to be down thereat the time. It was a pretty sight to those who witne sed it ; the engine*’ and cars so high in air and making the first trip across,the uuiumotb bridge. Alter it had crossed, iti remained on this side a short while and then was carried back across the r.ver. Next Thursday a passenger train will come ovf.r bringing with it the superintendent's private car for Mr. A. L. Hull and family. They will Kaye on that day for New York over the new road; and will be away from Athens until the middle of September. The road bed of th.-< Georgia Carol! na and Northern according to the un animous verdict of all those who have beeu over the lit'w line is thorough in every particular. Expert engineers say it is without doubt the most substantia! work to be found on any southern railroad. Ail pi the masonry on the road is af ter the very best order of work. Athens can uot too ii^uch appreciate the great advantages of this new Airline of the Eastern-markets. It is tbe very shortest connection that conld possibly be made, and the further fact ihat the system is to be operated with superior equipments will make it all the more attractive as a freight and pas senger trunkline. One thing is certain, Athens is going, right on with railroad development. The Macon and Northern, formerly known as tbe Covington and Macon has been put in excellent condition lately, and long trains pass through Athens every day hearing great loads of steel rails tor the Northeastern. Heavy steel rails and substantial new cross-ties will be placed all along toe Northeastern from Athens to Lula, and the Macon and Northern, ruuing from Lula to Macon will Boon be a splendid line of railway. There has bean much talk about establishing a connecting line of rail way with all warehouses in Athens so as to seoure more rapid transportation of cotton to the depots. The idea is a good one. It is proposed to build side t* acks to the warehouses from tbe street railway and run the cars by dummy or electric power. It is probable that such steps may be taken later in the fall. tHE BLAINE LEGION Of the PaclUo, Haa Conger's Assurance BUT IT HAD ENOUGH LEAD IN IT of the l'H»me«l Knight's Nomination. San Francisco, Ang. 24. —'Tho Blaine legion of tbePaoifio has received a let ter from A. L. Conger to the effect that Blaine will undoubtedly be tbe next: nominee of the Republican party, and that the rumors of his ill health are en tirely groundless. A beautifully en grossed set of, reeolntious. has been for warded by the Blaine legion to Mr. Con- 1 , welcoming him to California, where has proposed to make a political visit this autumn- While Fooling With a Pistol, George Tate Kills Hlmself-Tho BaU Passed Through the Bowels and he Didn’t Uve Long. - A BIG BARBECUE Another case of “it wasn’t loaded,’’ But subsequent events proved that it had enough powder and lead in it to produce death. And now the corpse of a little eleven year old darkey is enough to make children and even grown people care ful of how they handle a pistol. Sunday afternoon George Tate, a ne gro boy of eleven years of age, was over at Mat Davis’ house and had a pistol that he said belonged to him. He said it wasn’t loaded, and nobody paid any attention to him and bis pis tol. Suddenly a loud report was heard and the boy reeled and fell to the ground. Persona near by ran at once to his side and found that he had shot him self with his pistol, and that the life blood was flowing in a steady stream from a ghastly wound through the bow els. He waa pioked up and carried into tbe bouse and medical aid was sum moned. The wound was examined thoroughly and pronounced to be a fatal one. The boy lingered in agony until yes terday afternoon when he died. Some of these days people will learn how to quit fooling with pistols, and especially will little boys learn this. They never are loaded, but they generally manage to kill. ULCERS, CANCERS, SCROFULA salt RHEUm Rheumatism b L0 ° d po ?«. medicines. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Dyspepsia, In digestion & Debility, NEARLY SUFFOCATED. That W1U be Held at High Shoals. The citizens ef High Shoals and the surrounding country will oelebratein royal style on the fifth of next month On that day the High Shoals factory will shut down and its employes will be given a chance to participate in the festivities of the occasion. It will be & mammoth barbecue and such eatables will be furnished as only can-fee obtained in Oconee, Walton, and Morgan counties. Speakers will be invited from Atlanta, Athens, and other points, and the day will be one of speech making, eating and general enjoyment. Athens will send over a few speakers and quite a number of citizens who have been invited to be present. While Cleaning out an old Well Yes terday. Pompey Huff, a negro man, came very near being suffocated yesterday morning while cleaning ont an old well up in Cobbham. He had been employed by Mr. Fran cis Epps to clean ont a well on his lot. The well was old and hadn’t been used for some time. A great quality of foul gas bad accumulated in the well, ■ and when tbe negro started down he struck tbe layor of c&rbonic acid gas and was soon over come by it. Mr. Epps had the negro drawn out and applied tbe proper restoratives. to him and he soon recovered. Pompey came very near losing his life, and even as it is, it will be several days be fore he is thoroughly recoveied. AS Hon Shoots Himself. Wooster, O., Ang. 24,—Moses M. Morretfc, a well, known business man.- suicided by shooting himself; He hod been suffering for some months of ner- vons prostration and kidney fcremtye.. ig to Ins wife - he said; I have committed myself to the Lord and am not afraid to die,” and passed bp stairs, to hie room. A few momenta afterward a shot was heard. He was found lying on the door with his bruin dozimr froml on ugly hole in bis forehead. He had been principal of the schools at Smith- viile and grammar school of this city, also ah internal revenue storekeeper and ganger for this district. New York Merchant Mieeleg., New York, Ang. 24.— Louis J. Sher man, heud of the- fancy goods firm of Sherman, Samuels A Co., Newark, Pat terson and New York, lias been missing since last Saturday, when he left New ark, taking with him several thousand dollars of the firm's money. Immedi ately after his disappearance his wife drew $1(1,000 from the firm on his order and returned to her seaside home at Rockaway. His father, who succeeds him as senior partner, says the young man is unwell, and may be suffering from mental aberration. -Others say domestic trouble led him to go away. AN OLD CITIZEN OEAD. THE READY PISTOL The Banner hopes to see tbe interest in the Young Men’s Democratic League kept up to the high pitch it has- reach ed in the outset. There is much for a club, of this kind to do, and the young men of Athens should work for its in terest. Poor Savannah I She has to monrn the death of the goose that laid tbe golden egg. The Central under the operation of the West Point Terminal will sap the life blood out of Savanaah. enslaved parents. They leave tbe The Richmond and Danville railroad is a hydra-headed monster, but it has tackled a Hereules when it buck; against the Empire State of the South The farmers are happy in the pros pects of a wonderful harvest. If they could only get for it all their cotton is worth, their happiness would know no bounds. Thebe should be no disseutions in Athens raked up from the ashes of dead issnes. Let Athenians unite for the success of their common city. The third party favors negro equali ty. How do the people of Georgia stand on this question? ' Gen. Mahone gives it up in Virginia. He might have done it long ago. Every tissue of the body, i very nerve, bone and muscle is made stronger and more healthy by taking Hood’s Sarsa parilla. Sends' a Bullet Crashing Through a Negro’s Body. The ready pistol came into bloody service Sunday night in this city. John Wesley Cook,a negro man, went to John Mayfield’s house and soon be gan to abuse Mayfield and his wife. Mayfield pacified him and his wife went down stairs to give him some sup per. He took the pistol away from him and he went back and was talking very quietly to Mayfield. They talked along until Cook aroeo to go. Mayfield’s wife thinking all was quiet banded tbe pistol back to Cook, when he shot at her, the ball grazing her left temple. Mayfield arose and started to shut the door when Cook shot him in the abdomen^ the ball being deflected in its oourse, and producing a dangerous though not necessarily fatal wound. Cook remained near the house for sometime threaten ing to kill any one who came out to hunt for a doctor. He then took through tbe streets and away from town and hasn’t been seen since. The officers are on his track, how ever. A DOCTOR’S PATIENTS. Why is a doctor better taken care or than his patients? Because when he goes to bed Some one is Bure to wrap nimup. Tbe prudent doctor advises his patients to keep Dr. Biggers’ Huek- lebery Cordial to relieve sudden attacks of the bowels. AN OLD PENSIONER Who Draws the Pension of a Soldier of the Revolution. In this day of pension grabbing, a person is almost ashamed to say that be is a pension benficiary. But there is living in this city one who is drawing a pension that comes m >st worthily. It is the pension granted to a soldier of the Revolution. Mrs. JohnH. Newton, now nearly ninety years of age, Is drawing the pension granted her father who fought in the Colonial army under Washing ton in the Revolutionary war. There are’very few of these pension ers left. . ■- Refuses to Play In * Variety Show Fort Worth, Tex., Aug.. 24.—Dan Andrews, proprietor of a variety theater arrived here with eight girls from Kan- sav City, whom he had secured as talent for his theater. Soon after entering the establishment one of the girls, Laura Buckley, appealed to the police for pro tection, saying she had been deceived by Andrews, and that she would.not stay in his place. Tho girl will be re turned to her relatives at the expense of the city. Andrews paid her fare to Fort Worth, and promised her good wages. Nothing can be done to him under the law. A Male* Second r !ctlm. Seymour, Mo., Aug. 24.—News has just reached here that A. L. Rollins, a farmer living six miles south of here, was kicked to death hi his barn by a mule. He was harnessing the animal and was arranging the rear part of the gear when the nmle kicked him in the abdomen and head. He lived long enough to be carried to the house and state how he was hurt. His sufferin; were intense, as his scalp was cut qaite a number of places. The mule has always been considered as danger ous an it nearly killed a young man a year agu. Electric Bitters. This remedy is become so well known <«nd popular as to need no special mention Ali wuo have used Electric Bitters sing Un same song of praise. A purer medicine dor hot exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases ol the Liver and Kidneys, will n> 81 Fifth Avenue, New York, g Behr Bros. Piano,” ted Piano, JytUt it i 8 P > Ur instruments of the age with «u ^ See what out home Mu!fciaT e Va&* Lucy Cobb Institute xasas. Haselto.v A Doziaa: Gentlemen—We are ugingthe "ji.t, „ Hanoe exclusively in the School azrih ^ «U to say that they are tion, both for the beautittl even action, and we find the U-Upn.*.*-£££,34**. M. DIBOW SKI. Teacher rl » FANNIE WACKS, Teacher of Musus Hasblton A Donna, Athena, Ga n Gentlemen,-I consider the “hX , <* to anjthn Mr, B. W. Phelps After a Long Sick ness Passes Away. I Last night about eight o’clock Mr ' rnove Pimplea. Boils, Sail Rheum and oth- E W Phnlna hcthui ht» ‘ Jr aflectliuns caused by impute blood.— A. W.TOelps breathed bis last at his Will drive Malaria from the system ami residence on Pulaski street, in this prevent as well as cure all Malaria fevers, city. For cure of Headache, Constipation ami For many years Mr. Phelps has been • ln f di «“ tion ,r >’ Elec , lric Bittew-Entire sat in pitrcmoiv Ra.i , JsfactiOD guaranteed, or money refunded, in extremely bad health sud bis system —Price 50c. and $100 per bottle at Johi grew weaker and weaker as the days j draw ford & Co, Wholesale and Beta;' went by. I D. uggists He grew suddenly and last worse night yesterday, passed away. Mr. Phelps was one of Athens’ old and respected citizens, and leaves a wifeaud several children to mourn his death. _ Tho funeral will probably occur to day. | , _ . HE BROKE HIS THIGH By Falling From a Pier on the G. C. & N, Bridge. Charley Good, a negro man in the employ of the bridge contractors at tbe G. C. A. N. road, happened to a bad accident yesterday afternoon. He was at work on the bridge across the Northeastern road just below the Northeastern depot, and in the act of throwing off a plank to the ground below. The plank was too heavy for him, and as it (went it pushed him from his position on the pier. He fell straight downward a distance of fifteen or twenty feet, and struck some lumber with terrible force. His thigh waa badly broken by the fall and the bones were shivered. Dr. Benediot rendered all the neces sary medical aid, and set the fractured member. The injuries were not of a serious na ture but may render him a cripple for life- A Wonder Worker. Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man of Burlington, Ohio, states that he had been under the care of two prominent physicians, and used their treatment until he was not able to get around. They pronounced his case to be Con sumption and incurable. He was persuaded to try Dr. King’s Now Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds and at that time was not able to walk across the street without resting. He found, before he had used half of a dollar bottle, that he was much better: he continued to use it and is to-day enjoying good health. If you have any Throat, Lung or Chest Trouble try it. we guarantee satisfaction. 10c. trial bottle, at J. Crawford & Co’s. DR. BROWN IS DEAD. The Brother of Senator Joseph B. Brown Dies. Atlanta, Ga , Aug 24.—[Special J— Dr. Aaron P. Brown, a brother of United States Senator Joseph E Brown is dea 1. His death occurred about eleven o’clock last night at his home in Smyrna. Ho has been a suffering from dropsy for some time and bis health for years has been generally bad, and recently so much so that his death was not unex pected. Books on Blood and Skin Diseases free. Printed testimonials sent on application. Address 1* Swift Specific Co ATLANTA, CA. ABODT PlAKft THE CELEBRATED MUSlcm, XAVER Piano” equal’in tae and volume are in the uu r<et, and when th*y generally used and more marie-lonng world will find they ^ penor. Respectfully, * “ a “- Mbs. ELLEN A. CRAWFORD Principal English StLgd, Mkssrs. Hasblton A Dozma, Athena Ga Hentlemen,—I take pleasure in Btsuui’thu tho *ehr Bros. Piano I purchased SmnS Mr. a selton some years ago, has eireu rJa feet satisfaction. It is a superior itntnii,«t in mechanism, tone and quality. Yours, very truly. w. W. THOllia Masses. Hasblton A Dozier, Gentlemen,—I have owned one ol the Heir Broa. Pianos for four or five years, >a<] hare lound it entirely satisfactory in all pirticului . v DUDLEt TH01U8. Athens Mar 28— THE ELECTROPOISE APPLICABLE TO TREATMKNT 01 SU, Chronic Diseases, When the Indications are not strictly Surgical. Nervous Affections, Such as Neuralgia, Insomnia, Partial Paralysis, Nervous Prostration, Anat olic conditions that do not respond to ordinary tonics, Torpid Liver. Spites or Kidneys, Pelvic troubles of women, Functional troubles of heart, Dropsy, Milkleg. Impoverished Blood, Chrome Hemorrhages all yield to its tonic iniiu- eneos and persistent use. l>v the skilled use of Electropoise, Acute KlieuiuaUiia and Malarial fever are rendered harm less or aborted. All the weak points ia the system are helped—even incipient consumption has been cured. The power of opium and alcohol over tii system are often sulatued by tbe re* -torative influence of this instrument Mo shock or unpleasant sensation cl any kind received in its proper use. It is not liable to be abused or to get oat *>f order. Its good effects arc min* ifested on patients in longer or shorter time, aoconling to chronieity of tbe ctst and susceptibility of the individual. The “Pocket” poise can be used d home by purchaser. Price $25. Tbs larger or “Wall” poise is betterad»K*u to Office practice. Price $50. A book of instructions with each in»rr'ir*i<n» W. S. Whaley, M. D. t&wi Agent, Athens, HE JUMPED HIS SENTENCE. lo Make Their Hqhe In Athens.— Mr and Mrs. John L. Wilhite, of Elberton, have arrived ia Athens and will make this city their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Wilhite are tbe parents of Mrs. Ferd Williams. It Was Postponed.—The temper- -anoe rally at Bishop has Uen postpon ed. It waa to have come off last Satur day night, but a series of meetings were m progress at Union Christian church uear Bishop and the temperance rally gave way of course to them. It will be held, however,, on tbe second Saturday in September, and there are bright pros pects of organizing a largo and it fluen- f ial lodge of Good Templars at Bishop. She Raised a Racket.—Emma Ray, a dusky damsel, was fined twenty-five dollais and costs the other day bV Mayor pro-tern Talmadgo. She didn't come up with the money and was put ■ o work on the streets yesterday. 1’biR hurt her feelings and she screamed and yelled until she had to be carried back to the jng. Subsequently her fine was made up and paid over to the city au thorittes who turned her loose. The Crops akk Booming.—The crops i a Oconee county are in the very heat <>f condition. The corn is abput made and it is an abundant crop, too, while the cotton with good seasons will aver age from one-half to three quarters of a bale per acre. The fanners have the crops but are troubled just at this time about the prices they are going to re ceive for them. KILLED WITlTwHlSKEY. A Little Negro Is Overdosed With the Poison. Monroe, Ga., Aug. 25.- Special.— After Having been Convicted of Man slaughter. Monroe, Ga., 25.—[Special.]—Geo. Kooks, colored, was convicted of vol untary manslaughter a few days since. Sentence bad not been pronounced on « x nr him and yesterday when the officers charged^ tba7<'hirH^ThSm.«* nd v iB went to bring him up to tbe court to be man gave it to hhn wDtf ’ i ; ffro sentenced, they found that the bird had intent* Th«rA«diiR» . i h m “ lici “ U8 flown. Officers ate in pursuit aud will S'. ff l here Y-J 1)6 an “vestigatfon ri&tcli ll* escaped jail bird if they * i nrirdnr* * D<i turn A negro boy about seven years of age died here this morning under peculiar circumstances. He had been feeling badly but otherwise was not sick. It is thought that his death was the result of excessive use of whiskey and THE ETE Is a Delicate Organ and Should be Veil Taken Care oi* HARRIS & HAOSEft A T THB DRUG-STORE OF PAlHE R 4 KINNKBBKW. have the beat EYE-GLASSES AAD SPECTACLE to be fr.un* in the city. It will P*7/ #0 the best when buying for the eye. * THB JEWELRY FINE REBAIB - ^ Is their SPECIALTY* WHEN YOUR WATCHES, CLOl or Jewelry need repairing, call on Harris aBaosW* and you will g* t nothing but» Aug 28 quly*' 4 **' A. C. QUILLIAN. J0^*Officc 31 Clayton street Sledge A Layton’s Drug store* dtf. The BAOTSB job igM conceded to bo th® the city.