The weekly banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1891-1921, September 22, 1891, Image 6
ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTE2
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THE BtRNER BILL-
opponents of the substitute
by Mr. Berner and favora*
repotted to the Bouse^iave failed
satisfy the public in their objec-
>ions. The forfeiture clause has been
eft out and the bill as reported si in
ly provides that the R. R. Commie-
Irion shall have the legality of leases
and other contracts by railroads test
ed in Court whenever suoh agree
ments appear to them to be illegal.
It Is contended by the opponents of
[this measure that it will involve the
State and the railroads in expensive
litigation and injure the value of the
stock. It is difficult lo see how the
I stock in a railroad company can be
hurt by setting aside an unlawful
contract. If the contract is lawful
t is in no danger ; if it is illegal the
sooner it is done away with the .bet
ter for the stockholders. It will in*
evitably get the company into trou
ble eventually to go on under illegal
contracts, and the sooner they are
set aside the better for the stockr
holders. Especially is this true ot
the minority stockholders in compa
nies where the majority of the stock
is held by a person who is a non
resident, as in the case of the Cen
tral R. R. Co.
Bat there are other difficulties in
reconciling the people to the defeat
of the bill. It is aimed at unlawful
contracts between Railroad compa
nies- It does not affect any contract
whieh is lawful. It is only directed
at those contracts which violate the
Constitution. No company will be
touched by it unless the company
first violates the law. It is not a good
reply to say that the stock will be
injured in the market. It involves
—ih© principle that a railroad company
must be allowed to violate the law
enever its majority stockholders
ire it if the violation will put up
the price of its stock in the market,
and that it most not be called to ac
count by the State for the violation
if a depressing effect upon the man*
ket value of its shares is apprehend
ed. The sense of justice of the aver
age citizen will baldly agree to the
proposition that when a citizen vio
lates the law he must be dealt with
without regard to the consequences to
his property or its market value, but
when a railroad company violates
the law it must not be disturbed for
fear of injuring the market price of
its stock. It would be a dangerous
precedent to establish, that viola
tions of the Constitution by corpo
rations must be condoned if the vio
lation is profitable to the stockhold
ers. It is not a safe doctrine. When
a violation of the Constitution
committed by a railroad company, to
have the arm of justice paralyzed
Although he has been a busy man f Georgia is asserting itself as the em-1 ON TO ATLANTA.
since bis term as Senator expired, visit- i pire state of the south. Its real and
ing here and lecturing there, and in personal property isassescedat $402,
COMMON SENSE
one wa/to another keeping in touch I OOO.OJO. South Carolina has $150,000,-
with active life, says the New York 000.
THETRAGK LAYERS ON THE G C.
& N. ROAD
PREACHED FROM THE COLUMNS
_ OF THE ALLIANCE FARMER ,
World, Mr. Ingalls is yet said to be
showing some depression over his re
tirement from office. A gentleman
who has moently returned here from a
Chicago leads the base ball world
again this y ear. .. It verily seems that
Chicago has known no defeat and no
visit to Kansas says that the real result m luok Bince the dftys of the great fire.
ARD STFAD1LY AT WORK. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY.
of last fall’s work in that state is just
beginning to be felt by Mr. Ingalls.
His disappointment at the time of the
defeat was keen, but it was in some
How the West Point Terminal, the
“great developer” is squirming under
the boot of the Alliance! Their little
measure relieved by the expressions of glmB didn > t work worth a cent.
WIU be out of Clarice County in a few
days—It Is Then a Matter of Oniy
A Few Months to Reach At
lanta.
personal sympathy that flows in on
him from many sources. Now, how-
agricultural commissioj
The Exchange Bank of Classic Ath-
That is a good bill now
ever; only the grim fact remains that f ore the Georgia 6olons
he baa been overthrown under circum-1 county
stances that will make it extremely j throughout the state,
difficult for him to get bis footing
again, and that years of uncertain and
emne what fugitive effort confront him.
In. Ingalls as Sent
cisely-to bis liking. He had grown up I money panics,
to 8-place in the front rank there, and
his talents were developed for their
display in that arena. His highest am
bition was to remain a member of that
out and
Editor Gantt Turns Loose hts Batte
ries In Defense of Athens—He Ad
vises the Legislature to Keep
the College of Agriculture
Here.
le Georgia, Carolina & Northern |
I is pushing on towards Atlantal
This weeks Alliance Farmer contains
pending be- % Thepew bridge over the Northeastern 80 jJ® ^^‘^^U^o^'removing the
to establish •haajbeen complete!, and yesterday _ * A ^,v„ir„r« *nd Me-
the construction train crossed,
State College of Agriculture and Me
V^lind'tteVorkjof trackiaying was taken 1 ®hanics Arts, the Alliance Farmer
•I- • I takes it section by section as follows:
up.
1st, Protest of the city of Athens is
as follows:
Whereas, A bill now pending in the
The hands worked steadily, rapidly
... „ . ens seems to be one money institution I and well, and by tep o’clock had cross- .
Ingalls as Senator was placed pre- that asks no adds of hard times and ed Barber street. Las^night they had General Assembly* f h ® .
— I about reached the road a mhe wbich « the "“oval.of the
from the city- and at this rate they will an( j
This is the season of the year when keep up the work until ^$l$nta is Athens, and
State College of Agriculture
echanio Arts from the city of
According to this rulej should the trus- j
ees and faaulty, or their successor, ■
hereafter fail in their duty the poor Col
lege of Agriculture must be carried
from Griffin to some other place; and
again to stili other places, so that like
Noah’s dove, it would find no resting
place for its foot. How absurd.
The legal remody«foreiich remissness<
on the part of the State's agents and
servants is to punish them—not the in
nocent city of Athens. Ample power
to do this is eonfened by the donor of
the Landscrip Fund, the Federal, con-
gsess, in Sec. 4 of the act of 1862.
The present board of trustees is the
creature of the legislature, responsible
to-thc power that created -it. After
being duly admonished as to their duty
in the premises, if they fail to do what
they are told, the legislature can re
move them and substitute other agents
who will be obedient. This legal rem
edy for wrongs alleged to be done by
the agents' of the State, (not by the
city or Athens), involves no violation
of a long standing contract. It antag:
onizes no principles of law and order.
It -loss not piac.- before the eyes of our
citizens an evil example to.tempt them
to wrong doing. • ’ ^
The advocates of the Dismuke bill,
seem to lay great stress upon the pro-
Advtceto Wombs'
If you would protect yourself
from Painful, Profuse, Scanty j
Suppressed or Irregular MeiW
struation you must use '
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BRADF1 ELD’S
FEMALE
REGULATOR
body, and now that he is
forced, with his tastes and habits all
formed, to enter a new field of action,
he is represented as being a changed
and at heart a very sad man.
black birds and tramp printers follow
their noses to the fair land of the
South.
Whereas, Under an ordinance of the
The grading between here and
t is all finished except a few miles just
a mayor and council of the city of Ath-
liSEi I ®.“ °L d £* °L ty .£
CAKTERSVILUt, April 28 lf>M
were at length completely cared by one bottS
of BradfletA’s Female Regulator. It*
effect la truly wonderful. J. w, Strange.
Book to “ WOJtAN » mailed FREE, which contain,
rateable Information oa aU female dUcaie,.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO„
ATLANTA, QA. ”
bom MM jay JML zmuaaiMxt,
position, that an Aj
{ricultural College
conducted wbe
„J|. *r
cannot be successfully
it is closely connected with a purely
literary college, like. Franklin College
The towns and
Georgia are the
rule to be found
Sea tea.
Lieutenant Governob Jones of
New York, who is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for governor of
that State, has written a letter to Mr.
Cleveland, in wbich he complains that
his (Mr. Cleveland’8) friends are ac
tively at work for Boswell P. Flower,
who is also a candidate for the nomina
tion. He requests Mr. Cleveland to
put a stop to such proceedings. The
ex-president certainly has many warm
friends in his State, but ic is hardly to
be supposed that they belong to him to
such an extent that he can prevent them
from taking part in a canvass for an
office of suoh importance as that of gov
ernor of the great State of New York.
The fruit crop is a thing of the past,
but there are still a few cases of ohills
and fever in the country.
f— t
Gate Cltvlv Jmu" V 1st 1892 The Wblch to U8ed ® xclu8ivel y for
' 8,nK,ng tne ,atter roau near the city of Athens by the executive or-
duc
Athens is the greai
American continent so
pie go.
Decatur.
The giounds selected for the depot are
.. _ I in the Third Ward, of easy access, and
city on the I splendidly located. The work of clear -
Boou
every man you
I lls good peo- J ig the premises is going on steadily. I .? P U - _ -, r .
The G. # C. and N. -s ballasting its Pereas, The legislature of Geor
/ I roadbed- with .tone, and iB m*kiu* it I
have
In suppoit of th- theory. Mr
Dlnnukeis reported as dCBanringbefor
the committee of General Agriculture
that only one such connection now exis
ted outside of Georgia. He was correc
ted in this statement by persons who.
knew the contrary. A friend, having
access to the official reports, has ascer
taineil for U3 that the agricultural co -
by an act approved Feb. 10, 1874, \ leges are now connected with State Uni
assent to the issue of said bondsand (versifies in Arizona, Oalifornia, Con
Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and &u int
ent business conducted for Moderate Fee*.
• Our Office Is Ooposite U. S. Patent Office,
and we can secure patent In less time thau thojo
remote from Washington.
Send model, drawing or photo., with ilcscrin.
tlon. *We advise. If patentable or not, fret,
Our fee not due till patent is secured
mphlet.“How to Obtain Patents,” with
of actual clients in your State, couutr or
town, sent free. Address,
the city of Athens by the executive
der of date provided that the leg
islature of Georgia should give its as
sent to the issuance of said bonds for
said purpose, and
C.A.SNOW&CO.
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C-
[BUY
your city. Talk :At&ens to one of the easiest riding and safest road I aid forthe^teteauddirect that I necticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Minne-
,n you meet in thegiad. I I the proceeds of the sale of said bdmls [ r!.i?*r
It will only be a day or two nOw until 1
aagfefflj; U4* . wfc. - .rai
Hebe’s to the grand old University
of Georgia.
erec- I J er, ®y» New York, Ohio, Rhode Island,
JlOW
SPECIAL
iSUMMER SALE
500
Brilliant sunsets are these in Sep
tember.
imnty
And then to Atlanta
When it is fiuished it will only be a
two hours’ ride from here to the Gate
City.
State college of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts, and
and Wisconsin—in all 17
In Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illi-
Wh.re.,,’ Th. city ol MMmW «*• "“'5
sue said bonds to the value of $25,0001 New Harn'tshire and New Mex-c^
On to Atlanta is the cry of the G. C
& N!
bearings per cent, interest and did’sell (?*"« oases) there are no state Univ.r*j
r.h« mimnand turn over the nroceeds to I * >a With which the A. & M. college- I
-WINEOFSJABUUI \TonIoforWc
the same and turn over the proceeds to .... . .. . .. x „ -■
I the hoard of trustees of the Universiiy l b? connected if desired... In s. v
Attempts to Bite the Chief of PoUoe.
Chief Oliver was standing near Mr.
settlement to make, and that 1 Calvin Parr’s place of bnsiness jester-
ly. The people of this country day mor ning and was talking to a
are not so listless or so mean spirited as I
Ia iriltr rinirn and onmnloln oRnnf fho I CFOWQ OI iri6IlQS«
to sit idly down and complain about the
weather in grumbling resignation when
they know how to get their bands on I and looking down at the ground saw a
the responsible surplus sdooter of * I rattle snake coiled at his feet.
paternal government.
m
and arrested simply by the statement
that it will injure the-value of the
shares in the market to have justice
done and the law upheld, would be
departure that must lead to utter de
moralization. It is a doctrine that
the people will n^r consent to and
that the railroad companies ought
ot to demand. It is going entirely
too far and asking too much, No
precedent exists for any such policy
and no possible justification «an be
offered for it. To say that a law
m>t«t not he enforced against a wrong
dorr if the enforcement injures the
value of his property is a patent ab
surdity. If therefore Mr. Berners
bfli should result in setting aside
Tflx following bright editorial squib
is dipped from the St. Louis Republic:
Having started in to shoot off their
share of the surplus just as the fall rains
were about to begm, Uncle Rusk and
his rainmakers^are-vigorously claiming
the credit fot them. This is all right.
Uncle Rusk may set up a» a controller
of the country’s rain supply if be likes,
but if he rains too much or too little for
the good of the musbroon crop he will
have a
right early.
Hail to the college boys o
September weather in glorioi
i of Georgia an I with said proceeds tbe j ^ Un,v 5 r8lf 7 c . oul ^!
lore!!
JENKS’ “STUDIE8.”
said board did erectthp building,known I en with their appropriate literary de-
as tlie Moore collge, for the use of said I 8 r f®®
■FINE ORGANS at Wav
I Dawn Pricea-todoee.
| fian 2tonu-*3 to |S monttilj
—orSlOCnsh, balance in
Fall. No Interest.
(Great bargains
I Must be sold. Can’t bold.
■ Write for Bargain Sheet
IUDDEN& BATES,
SAVANNAH. GA
Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea tor Dyapepda
A GROUND RATTLER.
Suddenly he heard a rattling noise
It is well to be putting these Third ]
party fellows on notice, and the St.
Louis Republic has this very timely |
hint to the leaders in Missouri:
Just at the moment be jerked his
foot away, the snake struck at him.
The snake was killed and measured
It was about eighteen inches ’long and
was not very old. -
It had evidently been thrown out
The Third party men in the Missouri ■ . , ..
Farmers’Alliance are free toco-orporate during tha excavations maue for ih*
with Boss Fillby as much as they like, | purpose of sewer connections
but they can’t use the Alliance to tarn
this State over to Reed and Habbison,
Quay and Dudley, McKinley and
The peculiar enervating effect of suuc
mer weather is driven off by Hood’s
Cabnbgie. This is official enough to I Sarsaparilla which “makes the weak
be reliable, and they may file it for re-1 strong,
ferenoe when they begin playing in
1892 the hands they are now drawing
from a deck they have tried to stock.
It WAS ONLY A DREAM.
Now wasn’t that a big sensation from
New York telling how the West Point
Terminal, the “Greaf Southern Devel
oper was in embarrassing straits ? It
is too funny to see these rich Wall I work over be'was naturally sleepyT
street rascals pl&ing such tricks as they I Sleep came to him at last and 1
have been playing, receiving such luck |
in their scheming.
The Vision of a Dispensary that Flit
ted Across a Printer’s Fancy.
He Bat in the Commercial hotel busi
ness office and reclined slightly upon
the bench upon wbich he was sitting.
He was only a printer and his night’s
osed
over a pair of eyes that had been pnt
out almost while looking at the thous
ands of little things called type.
In the midst of his slumbers he sud-
Akiiksts still continue to be made of .
employes of the broken Keystone Bank I denly became ^Sme^
of Philadelphia. It apeares as if fraud unit limin'™.
Another Man That Limits Time to
a Within ftn Years.
^.Indianapolis, &*pt. 14—Great inter
est bus been occasioned by an announce
ment by Rev. Dr. Joseph 8. Jenks, the
distinguished rector of St. Paul’s
church, that the end of the world is
close at hand. He has recently had a
thorough awakening through the influ
ence ot a discovery and a publication.
The discovery was that an error in the
accepted system of chronology had been
lately found which had made the Judges
as governors of Israel 850 instead of 450
; rears. This correction, together with
1 ;he twenty-seven years that have elapsed
since 1864, bring this most astounding
crisis within les3 than ten years of the
paesent time. The publication is a se
ries of "studies,” as he modestly calls
them, by Lieutenant C. A. L. Totten
the United States army, now detailed
on professional duty at Yale university.
The series comprises four small vol
umes, three of which have already
appeared, and the fourth is in the
printers’ hands In these the author
proves the position above stated to his
own satisfaction by a fund of exhaust
ive research derived from history, sec
ular and profane, chronology, astron
omy and revelation. Convinced by the
cogent and .conclusive reasoning of
Professor Totten and of a number of
English and some American writers
that these things are true, Dr. Jenks
arrays himself positively and unequiv
ocally with the earnest advocates
thereof. He earnestly and affection
ately warns all persons, whoever they
may be, to put themselves in the line
of believers In the Lord Jesus Christ
and followers of Him aed members of
His coming kingdom unless they would
within less than ten years become ashes
under the soles ot the feet of the right
eous.
State college of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts, and
Whereas, The city of Athens in good
In fifteen States a> d Territories th-
A & M. colleges are entirely separat
fmm the State Universities. Thus tb
faith did present to the State the said “ a J°rity of States seem to find the un
$25,000 with a view to maintain the
permanent location of the said State !* Bat J 8
college of Agriculture and Mechanic 1
Arts in the city of Athens and has |
Philadelphia, it apeares
and joggling with figures had permeat
ed the whole force employed in the in
stitution.
Says the New Orleans New Delta
There is an opining prevalent through
out the country, that the optimistic I yon*
view that Jay Gould took of the pros-
nects of the country in an interview a
thing about dispensary and liquors
Poor fellow, was he addicted to
drink? Not at all, he had heard so
much talk about the Athens Dispense
and had set up articles about ft un
has mind seemed to wander on that
subject.
“Yes I’ll take a glass of beer with
and be opened his eyes and
nudged the Banner reporter in the
few days ago was for the purpose of I how?”
“What are you talking about any-
causing a rise in his railroad stocks,
and then unloading them upon the con- j
tiding speculator.
“Why, this is the Athens Dispensary,
said he, “and there’s the counter. ’
Then he stared vacantly into space
and said “Pshaw!” It was only
dream.
AT THE WORLD’S FAIR.
amount of/ cotton this winter, will
some illegal contract dttry gcLi cii- eauae Atlanta to hegoi^ierriffed. ,
This thing is a certain as mighty
gospel: Athens, when she gathers her
railroads about her and brings iri a vast I Steps Take n to Secure a Georgia
izen in the State will say that il ls
good law. If the contract is illegal
it ought to lie set aside. If it is legal
then the Berner bill does not apply
to it. No harm can bo done to any
mpany wbaser contracts are lawful
Those'whose contracts are unlawful
have no right to'demand that they
[ should be allowed to violate the law
when everybody else has to obey it
It will be i misfortune to the State
If this bill is defeated.
Besides, this bill or some snch
measure is needed to protect the mi
nority stockholders in companies
like the Central against the specnla-
live holder of a majority of the stock.
It is the best possible check upon
his majority and if there were no
reasons growing out of the publio
The Young Men’s
Exhibit.
Atlanta, Ga , Sept- 15.—[Special.]—
The' World’s Fair Committee of the
Demooratic I Agricultural Society and Alliance met
League is ready to do some active I hfire today> and pa8sed
resolutions urg-
work for Democracy. Their movement inK that Georgia be represented at Chi
towards organizing the 8th District I cago; that daily and weekly papere.be
League is a good one.
made agents to collect funds for that
purpose; that the State Alliance . and
The Dispensary commissionets have state Agricultural Society give one
organized and ate at work. It will I thousand dollare each; that a oommit-
not be many days now before the Dis- 1 tee of two from each county ' be
pensary will be running and the blind
tiger’s occupation will be gone.
appointed to secure county and indi
vidual displays, one of these to be ap
pointed by the President of the State
Obth SteiST, alias John B. Ray- j Alliance, the other by the President of
mond, alias W. F. Cook has been arrest- th ® State Agricultural Society; that
ed at last, in Stone Mountain for e i-1 central committee of five be appointed
press robbery. Of course Bbuffey and | M an executive committe and financial
the Constitution got the news first.
board wbich shall be charged with all
details and disbursements of funds; that
rights, the minority stockholders in
the railroads in Georgia ought to
favor the Berner .bill as a safeguard
to tjioir rights.
Stir up the water supply question,
citizens of Athens. It will not be six
months before it will be necessary to
AiMue step in the matter.
Why do the opponents of the Berner I the ®^hibit shall not be for display on
bin press the question of damage to Sunday; and “we demand that
stockholders? The bill does not at- M"* 1 ®
World’s
fair
tack a lawful contract. Do they mean | not openki on Sundays.”^The commit-
that the illegal ones oughLto stand ?
tee appointed was J. E. Waddell, T. J
Lyens, Colonel Z achary, C. W. Taylor
It is a singular position for a paper to I w - L * Glessner. The Sunday
take on the Berner bill that an illegal
contract by a R. R. Co., ought not to
be interfered with because it is the in
terest of the R R. to let if stand.
According to the opponents of the
Berner bill the Constitution onght not
to be considered when the interests of
the stockholders of a R. R. Co., are con
cerned. , .> yi : ■ tu v-
TnE electric cars are setting the town
to ringing with the echo of prosperity.
que t on occasioned a good deal of talk
Traylor of Troupe, and Carmichael con
tending that Georgia should make no
exhibit unless assurances were given
that the fair should not be opened Sun
days. Finally they compromised with
the resolution as adopted.
FOR SALE
At Jug Tavern, Ga., one new store
house 25x60 feet, well finished, on
Broad street, for sale. Apply to
R. N. Pknticost,
Jug Tavern, Ga.
faithfully paid the interest and provid
d for the principal of said bouds,
therefore.
Be it resolved. That the mayor and
council for the city of Athens do sok-
mnly and emphatically protest against
the proposed removal of said college
from the city of Athens, as an act of
bad faith to the city and as unworthy
the-honor and integrity of the com
monwealth,
Resolved 2nd. That copies of these
resolution be transmitted to our repre
sentative, Hon. W. J. Morton, and our
senator, Hon .J E. Nunnally, and that
A HANDSOME FORTUNE
la Glvan
• Relative ot
Widow by
Vanderbilt.
Washington, Pa., Sept 14.—AT sub
ject of general discussion here dnring
the past few days has been the report
that Mrs. Asa R. Wood, widow of the
well known newspapefc^-reporter, has
been the recipient of a handsome for
tune in amount about $240,000 at the
hands of a wealthy gentleman of Idaho.
Mrs. Wood has refused to give the
name of her friend, and even now will
not furnish it to newspaper men, but
several persons have seen the drafts and
other papers and are able to give the
name of the gentleman. It is Wm. H,
Jasper, of Lewiston. Idaho, n man sup
posed to be wor; h about $2,000,000. He
is a bachelor and a relative of Wm. H.
Vanderbilt.
He was in Washington a couple of
years ago end met Mrs. Wood. Since
their first meeting Mr. Jasper and Mrs.
Wood have been corres
about a week ago H. W. „ ,
Jasper’s attorney in Lewiston, came
here with several, deeds for property
and several sight drafts, the latter ag
gregating $99,000. There hangs a ro
mance over the affair that makes it
doubly interesting to the goasipere. Tlie
lady who is the subject of so innch talk
and speculation is about 86 years of
age, or medium and attractive figure,
with dark hair and eyes and a fair com
plexion.
ORTH STEIN JAILED.
be
at
The Noted Criminal I, Ran Down by
Georeinn.
Atlanta, Sept. 14.-Orth Stein, the
newspaper man and swindle, and noted
criminal generally, has been arrested
and placed securely In the DeKolb coun
ty jaiL Stein ended his chapter of
remarkable evasion of detectives
Stone Mountain. He entered the hotel
there and registered as W. F. Clark,
Atlanta. A well known citizen who
had read that a $10,000 reward was of
fered for a man whose description ex
actly fitted the one who had registered
as Clark, proceeded to look up the town
marshal, and when he had fonnd him
walked hack with the officer to the ho-
inn both practicable and profitable
What is trae in them can be true J<
all means l»t the State keep her
contract with Athens. Let her see fr
it that her own servants do their duty.
CONVICTS STRIKE.
They Throw Down Their Tools anrt De
mand Better Treatment.
San Francisco, Sept. 15.—The con
victs in the jute mill at San Qnentiu
have struck. Nearly 200 prisoners threw
down their tools and defied the officers
to make them work. The convicts de-
Is tbe strongest
Home-indorsed
Medicine
in the world.
manded that they be given more and
they be ^respectfully requsted to enter ^tter food; more tobacco, and they
and' presentthisgeneral^protestto the i . , favoritism fihown . nuJL
most dreadful Blood Poison of soino'
Enema ter eminent physicians. During thl« period
she was treated by several specialists. Hr.s taken
quantities of all the blood purifiers on thi market,
without realizing any ipeclal Ueneflt. She Is now
using Wooldridge’s Wonderful Cure, a lew bottles
of which have made a complete core. I unhesitat
ingly recommend It as the beat blood purlflwev*
discovered. Yours truly, A. C. 1
Columbus, Ga., March 23,1839.
nurnracruiiED bt
legislature now in sesskm, when the wante ^ l e8a favoritism shown. They
matter comes before their respective I also demanded to be taken before the
WOOLDRIDGE WONDERFUL CURE CO.,
Columbus, Ga.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
house of the general assembly.
The above claim of tbe city of Athens
is fully borne out by an executive or
der dated, “Atlanta, Ga., March 30,
1872,” in which Gov. Smith uses the
following words: “And whereas, by a
legislative act of this State approved
Dec. i2th, 1866, entitled “An act to
provide a college for tbe Mechanic Arts
n the Stale of Georgia, under the acts
of Congress approved, respectively,
July 2nd, 1862, and April 14, 1864.”
the Governor is authorized to receive,
and sell the land and scrip to which the
State was entitled under the actof Con
fess approved July 2nd, 1862, and to
invest the proceeds of such sale' as he
may deem best, in bonds of this State,
and to' disburse the interest of said in
vestment for tbe support and main
teuance of a college such as is contem
plated by said act of Congress, and to
provide rules and regulations
:or the organization,
governance and co-operation of said
college, until the next ensuing session
of tbe general assembly of the State,
and to do and perform all other such
acts as may be necessary and proper to
secure to the State of Georgia the full
benefits contemplated by said acta > of
congress, so far a« the same may be
found practicable.”
It is a matter of public record that
.Gov. Smith, after thfo giving his au
thority derived from thp legislature,
proceeded to establish the' college and
did, as a matter of fact,, turn over the
Landscripa Fund to the trustees of tbe
University,with particular instructions
as to the “Title,” the “Engineer De
partment,” “Free Tuition,’ 1 the “Co
operation of the “University,” “Rules
and Regulations,” with an order onen-
ing tfce college “on May the 1st, 1872.”
It is a historical fact that Gov. Smith
reported all these acts w> the legislature
and that no objection was made to
what he had done, in their name.&nd
by their authority. But, on the con
trary, subsequent legislatures have,
from time to time, ratified the Gover
nor’s action, and acknowledged the le
gal status of the college at Athens by
appropriating monies to it.
Especially is this true with reference
to the act approved Feb. 10,1874 where
by tbe legislature assents to the issuing
of the bonds of the city of Athens to
the amount of $25,000, for the purpose
of erecting on the campus of the Uni
versity the building known as “Moore
College,” for the sole use and benefit
of the said College of Agriculture. Thus
the building became the visible seal of
the compact between the State and tbe
city, touching the permanent location
of the college.
It is a fao’- that tbe Dismpkebiil pro
poses to void the contraot with the con
sent of the city, without charging
wrong upon her, and without offering
compensation for the injurv done her
Surely if ihe State is thus asked to vio
late a contract o£ long standing, there
by tempting its own citizens to follow
the example, those who move it to do
so should have the grace to offer com
pensation by refunding all of the mon
ey originally spent with interest from
date amounting to $59,000
board of prison, where they mighrstate
their case. The convicts made a bold
stand, bat tbe guards were quickly
summoned and every avenue of escape
was covered, while armed men filled
the doors or the jute mill, where the
insurrection started. The convicts re
sumed work after obtaining permission
to appoint n committee of five to app
before the prison directors. After 1
eniug to the complaints from the com
mittee the directors informed the men
that tbe food was good enough, and the
next time there was an outbreak it
would be punished by solitary confine
ment. Thu is the second stnke at the
prison during a week, the convicts hav
ing stopped recently to enforce their de
mands for better food.
?
MURDERER CONVICTED.
What would you like
-T-rin the way of a corset?
Something that’s easy and
comfortable, with “bones"
that can’t break or kink, and
soft eyelets that won’t rust or
cut the laces—something that
clasps the figure closely, but
yields to every movement?
Richard Frames I* Sentenced to Twenty
Yean in the Penitentiary.
Springfield, O., Sept. 15,— Richard
Frames was sentenced to twenty years
in the penitentiary for the murder of
William H. Hambright, watchman, at
the A. C. Evans company’s shop on Sat
urday night, February SI, 1891. Frames
was charged with mufder in the first
degree, but^owing to. a lack of evi
dence, the jury rendered a verdict of
manslaughter. The body of Hambright i v - _ ^ . p ip.
was fonnd about midnight by George 1N Then you want the Ban 5
Evans, a mute, in the cupola. He had 1
been dead several hours, and his week’s
pay—$10.50—bad been taken from his
pocket. No oue- saw the crime com
mitted, bnt two days later Frames was
arrested. Blood stains were fonnd on
his clothes, and he had in his possessipd.
a blood-stained $10 bill, which resem
bled tbe one given the murdered man
by the bookkeeper. Dnring the read
ing of the sentence Frames gave no vis-
iqle affection, and at its conclusion
said: "I am not guilty of the murder."
has served a term in the pen for lar-
Corset. ' If you find that you
don’t, after wearing for two
or three weeks, you have
to return it to us and
r ifioney back.
[CHAEL BROS.
P. P. PtorUTT,
oeny.
CONDENSED NEWS DI3PATCHE8.
Domestic' and Foreign and of General
Interest.
The Southern Afternoon Press asso
ciation held its fourth annual session at
Dallas, Tex.
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ATHENS, GA
General law practice. Office
stairs. Over Max Joseph. April 12-
In a prize fight at Peoria, Bis., be
tween a negro and a Chinaman, tlie
latter was victorious.
Manuel I. Morales of San Salvador, is
on bis way to Washington to negotiate
A. C. QDILLIAN.
DENTIL
ifflee 31 Clnyton street o«t
Sledge & Layton’s Drug store.
a reciprocity treaty
this country.
. Representative Catchings of Missis
sippi, stated in Washington that he
thought Crisp would be the next speaker
in the house.
The strikes in Milan have ended, and
work bus been resumed in the factories.
Twenty anarchists have been arrested
for inciting the strikers.
notice
Lands Belonging to Estate of
L. Brittain will be sold by
December First.
v George Jackson got lost hi the Bad H
o Ladds in noVthpm Montana!, and was T>AWnES wlihtog to invest
- nlhe days without food or shelter, Jr examine these More
- almost iloml TH-han where. Terms ea3V—can be Enoe
almost dead when discovered.
.... & v„„,„w | Farmers’ Alliance in Minnesota
As an excuse for violating the con- ^^Nortk and South Dakota have is-
tract with the city of Athens, it is al
leged by tbe supporters of tbe bill that
the trustees and faculty of tbe Univer
sity (not the city of Athens with whom
the contract was made), have failed in
certain respects to carry out the inten-
tel. Upon learning that Clark had re- ,. r . ,
tired to his room, it was decided to seek t10 ? °f congress in bestowing the Land
au interview with the suspected guest. [ 80 ?]P * unc *'
lor aigument’s sake let us suppose
that the change is just. The drusteea
and toculty are tbe agents and servants
They did so, and the conversation that
followed developed the fact that the so
registered Clark was not Clark, but the , ., -
weU advertised and long sought Orth 1 'V -I hey are not appointed by
Stein. However, Stein denies that there the city. They are not subject to the
is $10,000 reward offered for him, or ' i- u ot r ul of the city. To punish the city
that he is the villain that has been pio- tor^ w “a_t they do or fail to do is mon-
Uutxl through the press to the publics " J ‘
siffed a circular asking the farmers to
hold back their wheat for better prices.
Thirty deaths occurred in Shelby ville,
Ind., from diphtheria. The public
schools have been closed. Physicians
are alarmed at the malignity of the dis
ease.
ill Jo** 1 ’*
. or w •
The national committee of the World’s
Fair have arrived ir. New York. They
report that every country in Europe,
with the exception of Italy, will be rep
resented.
where. Terms mij - c *° —... ,, r
on Miss S. H. Britttin, Athens, U»-.
Brittain, MO Broadway, N. *•
SOO ACRES
7 miles from Athena, on Oconee
below Georgia FactoiT ^ lne P
tom Ian da and original forest.
1
Payments on exposition stock sub-
? cr ;i' t . lons are coining in very rapidly
in Ciiwii^o now. Tlie two heaviest day's
strous, is absurd in the last degree, were Aug. :il and Sept. l. upoiTwhmh
1 —— *AIXI,Uuw was paid m.
34:0 Acres,
Just Outside
ll|l 50 Acres
Ori filial ^.,**$1
M. A S. K. R. passes ‘^“^nthi^P 1 * 0 *’
Fine Bermuda bottoms, on
s. ffi&l
Sept 15- »SL