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BANNER : TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1511
HANG CREPE ON THE DOOR-
“If the land8oript fund be re
moved from Athens the bell of the
eollege chapel may be tolled and
crepe may be tied to the door knob
of the State College of Agriculture.”
—Mr. Beid, of Putnam.
The above is an utterance of Rep
resentative Reid, of Putnam, before
the Committee from the House while
disoussing the proposed removal of
the StAte Agricultural College from
Athens to Oriffln. There is wisdom
in this speech. It is the solemn
truth. Mr. Reid could not (have
stated the case plainer. He could
not have been more truthful, more
sincere, more business-like. He has
put'the whole matter in a nut-shell.
There is a broader .view to take of
the issue than many of the commit
tee seem willing to take. The only
motive that prompts those who want
it moved, according to the newspa
per reports, is the desire to give to
Griffin an institution that will help
the town. So far as is apparent to
us, Mr. Dismuke, the author of the
bill to remove the College, is only
seeking to build up his town ; a very
laudable impulse, ’Us true, but not
so praiseworthy as to warrant the
means he employs.
There are only two questions to be
decided in this measure, and here
they are:
First: Is R to the interest of the
college to take it away from Athens?
Second: Is it to the honor of the
State to repudiate its solemn agree
ment with Athens-when the college
was established ?
We propose to deal with these
questions in the language of fair
ness, of soberness and of truth. It
is no cause for quarrelling, no occa-
sion for abuse or rash speech.
The first question rests upon Mr.
Dismuke and his friends to answer;
those who favor the removal of the
State College. Until this day they
have advanced not one argument on
this line. They have only told that
Griffin make? an offer of ten acres of
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Groceries included in this Sale ! Such will be done this week at MAX JOSEPH’S.
I have coneluded to feed and dress the public. The few summer g ods left will go at 25 cents on the dollar. The new Fall stock is placed onHhe Bargain tables, and as a st M
3 will be offered to you this wli .le week. I *iU feed you also Even Groceries at a.great Bargain will be offered to you. See the prices nf q *
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some mighty, mighty cheap things
and Coffee. They are placed oi
1c each customer, while it lasts.
and Coffee. They are placed on°consignment, and in order to make a general distribution, the quantities are limited—not less than 25 celits worth nor more than one dollar'; ° U ^ r8
worth
Groceries, Groceries.
25 cents, or 20 lbs
5 lbs of best granulated sugar for
of the seme for 1 00;
5 lbs of Rio Coffee for 1 00;
5 cents a pound for Soda, 5 lbs for 25 cents.
3 boxes Maccaboy Snuff for 10 cents;
24 boxes matches for 15 cents;
5 cents a bar for best Sardines or 5 boxes for 25 cents.
4 bars Horse Shoe Soap for 15 cents.
If you can see any money in these Groceries for you.
then come very early, although I have a good quantity
on hand, but you ought to know the rush on them will
be a regular, storm. The qualities are the very best
and choicest or your money will be refunded. Avail
yourself of this rare chance.
We now pass over to a few stormy licks on Summer
goods left on hand. We call them summer goods, yet
you use them the year around.
W Hit© Goods.
Openine: Sale of Fall Goods*
A REGULAR STORM SALE THIS WEEK,
They are Rare Bargains bought bv me la t month in Chicago and New York.
BLANKET SALE- -LINESONlY.
It is rather early for Blankets, bat'this-, c ol nights demand them.
-1 lot light gray Blankets with handsome red borders The prices of the
manufacturer were way up, but they are slightly imperfect They
sold thip, week AT 40 CENTS. Yes, forty cents only.
18 cents a yard for 30 cents unbleached 10 x 4 Sheeting;
3 cents a yard for 7 8 Bleaching;
5 cents a yard £er« good-quality yard wide Bleaching.
H cents for remnants WamButta-Bleaching, length of 6 to 20 yards
CORSET SALE.
will be
2nd Lot—WHITE BL .NKET3.—Tbis lot will also be SACRIFICED
AT 40 Oi^TS A PIECE None of these are common blankeis. and had
they not been slightly imperfect, six times the price would be cheap for
them. Dou’t blame me if you come late, and yon fail to get them. I have
a fair lot on hand. All the above is not a fair beginning of the unheard
Bargains offered to you.
SPECIAL BARGAIN SALE THIS WEEK.
This i« a lot of Corsets I closed out from a Jobber at 60c. on the a
The Gazelle, an elegant 50 cents Corset to go at 25 cents. * do Sr -
The Carmencita, an elegant French Mack Satteen Corset, with !’ ,|
Lace top, worth $1 25 to go at 50c.
or AT $100- A REVOLUTION IN CORSETS,
ve! Dr. Bridgman's Electro ''Magnetic Comets, retail price 3 0ft , .
of this week for 100; t01)6
These Corse’s are adapted fo spinal weakness, stooping and ,
ders. They have no equal, being fitted with Dr. Bridgman’s new T 01 ’
Read On! Read Slow ! Think! Study well the Classes proved Spinal back, in which eectru plated magnotods are inserted aad
of Goods, and mainly the Prices are suggested to you. J A beautiful silver plated Galvanometer accompanies each Cutset f
1400 yards Calicoes, fa 1 styles, at cents a yard; ! charge, to test their e ectro magnetic powers. The money will be
2500 yards double width Wool Cashmere Dress Goods at 5 cents, worth 20 ; if not as represented Bettercome early, for this 3 00 Corset to’.”
to 40 cents a yard, in remnants for children. * -k: “ / '" 1 " 1 ^
1800 yards double width Wool Cashmere at 10c, worth 25 to 40c. a yard.
1200 yards Ladies Cloth, all shades, in beautiful nays, garnet and browns,
45c. quaiity to go at 18-*,
42 pieces Silver Gray Cnevoits, Dress Goods worth 8c at 3£c a yard.
1300 yards best quality 12Jc. Ginghams at 7$ cents.
FIRST STORM OF FLANNEL SALE.
7 cents Check Nainsooks at 4 cents; 8c. White Lawns at 2\ cents.
26c. Polcadot Swiss for Curtains 7c; 20c Plaid Lawns for 7c.
20c Striped Lawns, very fine, for 7c; 6c Challies for 2c;
20 cents double widlh twilled Chevoit Dress Goods at 7 cents;
S2gp=*At a great sacrifice, all the Embroideries and Insertions and Laces.
Toulook through this department will benefit you very much. ,
15 pieces scarlet a 1-wool Flannel at 12£ cents a yard, worth 20c.
9 pieces large Plaid all-wool Dress Flannel 35 cents grade at 18 cents.
20 pieces blue and brown all wool drrss Flannel.'25 cents quality at 15c.
6 pieces unbleached < anton Flannel 121 cent quality at 7 cents.
8 pieces unbleached Canton Flannel 15 cents grade at 9 cents. »
4£c. a yard for Unbleached Sheeting; 4£c. a yard for Dress Plaids;
5c. a yard for yard wide Sea Island Sheeting.
sold
this week only for 1 00 as a tester.
A Special Shoe Sal® for Ladies, Men and Children
At $5 cents one lot French kid glove top scalloped Ladies button
worth 2 00
At 1 25 a pair, one lot black cloth top India kid Ladies button Sim.,, „ ...
2 50, the latest out; ’
Afl 25, one large lot Men’s Bals and Congress, odd sizes, worth from 1 "
to 3 00 to c.ose out. •->- *
At 35 cents a.pair we will close out our Ladies Oxfords and Slippers
At 50 cents a pair a large lot of Children’s shoes. They are worth thr
times the prices. We have not all sizes, but if you can be fitted this”
vour chance. ' 'u 1 u
An entire 16 foot Shelving of little things on the Notion line, too a,,
merous to mention, are to be so d at any price.
- I p Ue8S this will crowd the store to its capacity, but don’t mind this. I will add a sufficient force of salesladies to wait on you.
Bargains as are offered to you. It would be like throwing away your hard earned money to fail to call early.
You cannot afford to come late and
miss such
TERMS OF SALE SPOT CASH AND NO DEVIATION FROM THIS RULE
All goods purchased will he delivered free of charge in the city limits. Store opens at 6 o’clock in the morning.
MAX JOSEPH.
land and a building (an old build
ing used for a school house) as an
inducement to get the college. Eve
rybody must acknowledge that this
is a handsome offer, and speaks in
no miBtakable tone for the enter
prise of Griffin. But, this does not
bear upon the question at all. The
question to be answered is, Would
it be to the interest of the College to
be moved ? If Griffin offered thou
sands of dollars for the College, and
lie fact was apparent that the Co)-
i could not flourish there as heie;
iuld not do the State as much good
there as here, would it then be wise
to make the change ? Would it be
the duly of a legislator to cripple
the educational interests of Georgia,
forsooth, because Griffin was willing
to “pay the freight.” What are the
facts in the case ? The State Agri»<
cultural College is a department of
the State Government. It has been
deemed wise and beet to build it up
along with the State University
where the two could go hand in
hand, intertwining the advantages of
each, »ad combining opportunities
for the youth of Georgia, the flower
and the hope of the land. It will re
quire some strenuous efforts on the
part of Mr. Dismuke and his friends
to convince the people of Georgia
that the Agricultural College could
be more useful isolated from these
advantages..
As to the second question it is
easily answered* Georgia cannot be*
tray her honor so unworthily as to
repudiate a solemn agreement with
the city of .Athens, the conditions of
which have taken from the pockets
of Athens men and women $25,000
to establish the College. Colonel N
J. Hammond has very correctly said: ma1
“Take out of consideration the moral
question, should not the. legislature
pay back with interest to the city of
Athens the $25,000 spent for the
benefit of this Agricultural College.
If this money is taken away from the
University it must destroy it unless
money is given to it.”
Here’s the whole problem made
oat. The case is plain. The force
of Mr. Reid’s utterance |<s felt. “ If
the landscript fund be removed from
Athens the bell in the College chapel
may be tolled, and crepe may be
hung to the door-knob of the State
College ot Agriculture. 1 ’
the average and the season as early
as usual. Hence it may be expected
that Athens will handle as much
cotton this season as she usually
does from the territory that has here
tofore been open to her.
Of course the coming of the Geor
gia, Carolina & Northern has opened
another territory, and from this
source a great deal of cotton will
pour into our market. The chances
are that Athens will go far beyond
the mark of 100,000 bales this sea
son.
Cotton will come in with a rush,
too, this season. The farmers have
not been urged to hold their cotton
back, and after the experience of last
year they.are not apt to do so. Cot
ton will come in as quickly as it is
gathered this year.
Athens will be better prepared for
the handling of cotton this year than
ever before, ^he number of buyers
has increased, and the'branch office
of 8. M. Inman A Co., recently es
tablished here will add much to the
attractions of Athens as a desirable
cotton .market. The outlook at pre*
sent is that totton will be low this
season; though hardly as low on the
average as last season, and every
thing considered the prospects are
not /dull or drowsy < here in Athens
for tbe cotton world.
in monetary circles. In this city al
ready has been felt the effect of the
extraordinary export of wheat, the
disbursement made by Secretary
Foster tor the per cent bonds and
the influx on gold which has com
menced three weeks earlier than was
expected.
All stocks are higher and financial
authorities have never been more
unanimous in the opinion that they
will go much higher in the future.
These favorable conditions increase
the purchasing power in cotton.
The cotton market is nervous to
day in anticipation of tbe bureau re
port to-morrow. The Liverpool mar
ket opened lower than yesterday, but
is now dearer. Fears are entertained
that the bureau report will be unfa
vorable.
THE COTTON SEASON.
The cotton market has fairly opened
now and the fleecy staple will soon
begin to roll in most rapidly. The
. crop is fairly good,the acreage above
GOOD IF TRUE.
The following report from the mar
ket in New York goes to show that
tbe good time is coming when money
will be easier:
There does not seem to be any
doubt, that.the cotton crop has been
‘ ly damaged. This appears
to be especially true in tbe States of
Texas, and Mississippi where a per
centage of damage would cut a con
siderable figure in reducing tbe crop
beoaute of the large amount of cot
ton prpduoed in these States.
It U a difficult matter to forecast
the future of anything. More espe
cially is this true regarding the pri
ces of an article like cotton, but it
Is believed that cotton is cheap at
the present prices, and will rule con*,
siderably higher in the near future.
It must not be forgotten that mid
dling cotton at less than eight cents
on tne plantation has hitherto been
regarded as a low price for it. The
farmer can afford to sell his cotton
this year for less money thau the
average years, because he has been
unusually economical, partly from
choice and partly by reasons of the
strained monetary conditions exist**
ing tor the past few months.
It may be added in this connection
that the Southern planter is making
a very large crop of corn, which also
helps to reduce the cost of his cotton.
It will not require much of a pros
phet to predict a very easy condition
THE BANNER'S NEW HELDS*
Since the railroad has been finish
ed to Athens, an agent for the Atlan
ta Evening Journal has been here,
soliciting and receiving subscibers
to that paper.
Some of onr business men snn-
scribed for the reason that the pa
per may bq received here by nine
o’clock in the morning, furnishing
of the proceeding day. And thus it
is that tbe awkward mail and sched
ule arrangements force our peoplel
to turn their eyes in a new direction
for news.
At present their is no mail care
red over this part of the G. C. & N.,
but arrangements with the conduc
tors have been made to bring the
paper
Besides the Atlanta evening dai
lies on the morning after publica
tion, we can now have Thb Athens
Banner every day fresh from the
press. If proper arrangements are
made The Athens Banner may be
delivered to us by 9.20 in the mor
ning of the publication day, being
seven hours sooner than any of out
State dailies are received.
It will be seen at a glance at what
disadvantage the daily papers of the
State are placed, and it will be no
wonder if the Georgia papers should
gain subscriptions along the G., C.
& N.
It seems as if the schedules were
arranged for the greatest possible in-
convenieace to this people. No mail
is received here until four o’clock, in
the evening, and of course we get no
papers until that hour except those
which are brought in the morning by
the conductors on the; G., C. & N.
from Athens or Atlanta.
If the Athens Banner is ambiti
ous to have subscribers along the
line of the G, C. & N. an agent
might do well, if he worked up this
would oot fill the place of a State pa
per, except in the matter of market
reports, but there are many business
men who would be willing to pay the
subscription price for this feature of
the paper.
In connection with this, we desire
to thank The Athens Banner for a
copy of the daily. We trust that it
may continue to come.—Abbeville
Press and Banner.
The Banner desires to thank edi
tor Hemphill, of the Press and Ban
ner for such kindly commendations..
We appreciate already the advanta*'
ges of our new fields, opened to us
by the G., C & N., and trust with
much sincerity of purpose that we
may have some little at least to do
with the mutual up-building of our
blessed Piedmont section, both on
this side and that side of the Savan
nah river.
An allianceman writing to the Gwin
nett Herald says:
. , ., , . “ l6 appears to me that we alliance-
the market reports up to four o’clocl* men are getting considerably mixed up.
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We were requested tbe other dav not
to read or subscribe for. certain papers
which were named nor any other pa
pers that opposed the alliance. Now
let us take the soundings aud see wheie
we are. Last fall our leaders told us
that it would never do to elect Gen.
Gordon to the Senate, because he op
posed the sub-treasury bill. His objec
tion to that bill, as 1 understood it, was
based upon the warehouse feature of it.
Now we are told by tbe leaders that
warehouses are details, and that we can
have the bill without them.”
Col. Livingston stands squarely on
the Ocala platform, and tells us not to
support,any man for office unless he
endorses every plank of that structure..
rm ° ' r ’ the
its
railroad value shave dropped fully one
third and God only knows how much
further tbe fall will be, therefore tbe
|3,500,000 worth of stock held mostly in
Georgia has depreciated already and is
now worth but $875,000 and if we take
half of this amount as being held by
the minority stockholders in Georgia,,
we have the insignificant sum of $435,-
600 as compared with three and one
half millions. Now if the values will
stop right where they are, and not drop
any lower, our Georgia holders have
lost over 25 cents on the dollar.”
An application has been made to Gov
ernor Northern to pardon Hnlet Moore,
the young man who stabbel and killed
his room-mate, Represen&tive Hunt, of
Catoosa county, in Atlanta two years
ago. Moore is now serving a life set -
tence at the Dade coal mines.
When Congressman Tillman, of
South Carolina, makes a boast that be
never wore an overcoat iu bis life, he
fails to explain whether it was because
he isalways, iu hot water, or for the
reason that he could never get his tail
or to have sufficient faith in him to fit
him with snob garments.—Philadel
phia Times.
No, because there is no use of ex
plaining, aupb’: things as wearing > sp-
Tbb Chicago Tribune claims that
Chicago has gained 225,000 inhabitants
since the last census by natural increase
and annexation. New York is worry
ing lest Chicago gets tbe start of her in
annexing Brooklyn.
An exchange says: ‘‘A well-matched
couple, matrimonially Bpeaking, is a
couple one of whom is disposed to throw
off on the other and the other of whom
is willing to be imposed upon.” Of
course the writer is a married man. Of
course.
(ihuuiii^. >u)>D' Mings as wearing - ap* During yesterday, $223,000 of the
parol down here. The fewer clothes j 4 50 bonds were presented to the Treas-
i _ ^ m « I urir for nnn fin nation of o not* n.mt Tkn
uuwu ucro* j no lewer ciOLaes i wv,v ^
a politician wears and tbe • fewer airs ! ur y * or continuation at 2 per cent. Tho
be assumes (he more votes he .usually presented for continuance is $24,-
gets.
Lieutenant-Governor Jones, of
New York, has taken it upon himself
to give some advice to Grover Cleve
land regarding the presidency. The
general impression is, that if Jones
properly conducts his candidacy for
Governor of New York, be will have no
time to give advice to anyone.—Mem
phis Appeal-Avalanche.
There is this much about it: “If
Jones “pays the freight” in the trans
portation of Grover into the preai-
den ’& chair he will be broke. Grover
is too heavy.
t V-i “ UULU xcL-te ' liilu
seems to be on there to stay* Larry
Gantt is another of its apostles. They
tell us that we must ah be unity and
stand together as one man. Indeed <ve
are all on the Ooala platform, and yet
we learn that Livingston, the other day
opposed a resolution, offered in tho
State alliance, the substance of which
was the8ame as the O.ive bill, upon
the ground that it wa« in conflict with
the Ocala platform.”
An exchange says: A mad dog re
cently ran down a street in Philadel
phia. The street was immediately de
serted by people who sought safety in
flight until one'man, mere courageous
than the rest, killed the brute with a
pitchfork, when the street became so
crowded by these same people, who
came to see what kind of a dog it was,
arrv a P°'iceman had to clear a passage
in order to let vehicles pass.
An A lliance correspondent writes:
“Mr. Watson and Col. Livingston
disagree on the subject of railroads.
Mr. Gantt and Livingston differ and
are both on the Ocala platform AH
of these leaders claim that the suppor
ters of Gen. Gordon were traitors to the
Alliance and ought to receive the cen
sure of the. entire organization. Two
years ago these men told us that no
true Allianceman would oppose the
Olive bill. It is believe that pat Cal
houn did more to defeat that bill than
There is a big fight in the legislature
over the bill to remove the Agricultu
ral college from Athens to Griffin.—Ex
change.
Mr. D’smuke might hsve known that
there would be a fight on his hands
when he tried to work a game so det
rimental to the State’s educational in
terest as this. He will get sick of the
battle before it is ended.
any man in Georgia, and yet in the
Senatorial race they hugged him i
section. The Banner of course lease an exchange says:
. . - - -pr. , —„„ up to
their bosoms and yelled themselves
hoarse calling upon Alliancemou to
come to his support.
Now if these leaders haye turned en
tirely over in less time than two years
upon the principle contained in the
Oliye bill, have we any assurance
that they will not be on the other side
The Boston World has nominated
Kev, J. M. Bushin for Congress from
the new Eleventh district. He would
doubtless make a rushin’ race.—Savan
nah Times.
It cannot be said that this is a case
illustrating the old saying “Fools ruBh
in where angels fear to tread.” But it
is a clear case illustrating the . truth
that punning is an intolerable outrage
to civilization. , "
The Southern Alliance Farmer when
Larry Gantt took hold of it was $8,000
in debt. Preferred stock was issued to
»ucj mu uMUBua wc uiuci ame j run Larry says he lost money, and
of the Sub-treasury bill and Ocala plat- that a note for $1,200 is in the bank
yearn?»°’ * k8S ^ tW ° m0re n0W that he endorsed that he will have
, n , ‘ P & y- Gantt says that he never
would have touched it, if ho had known
Speaking of the Central railroad | it wa9 involed in debt anJ Qot mftking
“ i he Central i expenses.
137,753, and for payment $9,030,600.
About 11,000,000 of the refunded Di
rect Tax has been paid to those States
whioh have made application to the
Treasury. Kentucky has not yet pre
sented her claim, the legislature not
having taken action.
Editor Henry W. WATTERsnNgrows
funny and ssys: The hen-egg tariff does
not appear to have stimulated the egg
business. Eggs have this year decayed
more than ever while waiting for pur
chasers.
The “Advantage of a Bank Ac
count” is the heading of an editorial in
the Abbeville Press and Banner. We
have often dreamed of such things our
selves. 1
Tuerk are too many evidences w
that Athens is to become a big citj (j
croakers to croak any raoce. Tb;
town is on tbe move.
The Banner takes off iu bit to
South Carolina and waves the PalmN-
to State a cordial greeting down Ik
track of the G. C. & N.
The Young Democrats will hiR i
rousing meeting tonight. Every jenq
man of Demicratio faith in Atlwi
ought t<i go out.
Athens is beginning to kick attk
the railroad schedules.—Lawrencefik
Herald.
Athens has cause to kick.
Athens iB fired with rightful indig
nation {it the proposition of M*. D*
MUKK.
Now that the American begbai P*
into Germany, the Boston HertijKT*
let the eagle squeal.
If you see the price of cotton iu tk
Ban eb’8 market reports you «*!
know it is correct.
Perhaps Mr Uabki=on will
Mb. Egan and seud a colored nut d
Indiana to Chili.
TRe Democrats of Kentucky
have done things up Brown iu I
cent state election.
i their i*
Th* college yell will soon
The hoys
through the campus
be here next Wednesday
The beo always carries his pot»-
does Livingston, it seems- The * k
logy is plain.
By a vote of fifty-six to thirty-eix.the
board of lady managers of the World’s
fair have declared in favor of its being
closed on Sunday. God bless the wo
men.
With the thermometer dancing up
among the nil eties and a red hot Pam
Jones revival, Rome iaas hot as a po
tato just out of the fire in the hands of
a hungry mao.
The legislators who vote to move tho
Agricultural college away from Athens
will vote to cripple the educational in
terest, of Georgia. The case cannot be
put in any other light. It cannot.
Fifty bushels of whratto the acre
has been raised in the Devil’s Lake re
gion iu Minnesota. That sounds more
iike it was God’s country.
The legislature would redeem them
selves now by adjourning, shaking
hands in-peace, and going home to their
wives aud children. S
If somebody would put dynamite in
the capitol and touch it off maybe the
general assembly would be scared home.
And maybe not.
This fact is made plain that the great
Central railroad of Georgia is not to
Georgia what it used to lie. The West
Point Terminal did it.
The South needs to take more botfj
pride in its jiteratnr". As it »
South has no literature.
sirW
Athens is getting ready t° „
the greatest cotton crop s' 1 ® cTe
netted.
Editor Pleasant A StovaU * 1 '
Editor julrasani » .
ing the greatest work for Aug
man has yet done
There is nothing more
than September dust.
A small cotton crop «>" not
country much.
wiU'W*
Th* Agricultural college
Athens. It will. It
Thf rains of winter aeem to h * w
in earlier this year than usual-
Read The Banner’s mark*^*^
Misery loves miserable comP* 6 ^ :
September’s gale g» ,iD8: '
Merit Wins. ^
We desire to say ‘ p r Ku»’*A
years we have been Dr.
DHcoVfery lor *52
New Life Pdls,
and Electric BilUra. and ha* **
led remedies that sell Jjtioa*
given such universal
■Hi
.