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. - ‘x,. m mm m ■f w m m 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 ' f W 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 * • • _ J A 1 ' J * .1 1 l. ..l! _ _ i.L _ AMA 1« i m/vi 1 Ann t-t OK o/VVvir, W> A MA 41\Am X i .. ^ 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. mm mm m . • . • - W P tvoro I*, n llnj f All f Vl rt nllino .In ^m mm — * 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 .