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NtCK AND NECK THEY CO-
Now for the finish!
Neok and neek the candidates in
municipal oampaign are coming
around the last quarter pole, and the
homestretch is causing the specta
tors to rise on their feet with a great
deal more excitement than was ever
predicted by the oldest politicians
in Athens.
Now it is Brown; now it is Tuck,
nobody knows who will run under
the wire ahead.
x x *w w * -a. w 1UU yp «. UU g » j j conception of this idea. The Greatest Good to the Greatest Number ?
This applying to the necessities of life in FOOD AND DRESS at lowest prices ; this wresting the control of hitherto luxuries from the monopoly of the few, and distributing
them in volumes and superior thoroughness among the many is a great achievement s
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TFfl fgYO TT17I That the highest, purest spirit of Philanthropy is best shown by an <
AO JL J. v i A jftL v Jui You dou’t care to analyze our motives as long as we carry out your concepti
mu superior luuruuguuoaa aiuuu^ 51v.au owucvouiouu.
-^During the Week, Another Money Saving Sale at KX JOSEPH'S.4~
There is some excitement also ini Some of my compeitors have been FRETTING, FUMING and WORKING THEMSELVES INTO A GREAT RAGE ever since we commenced forcing our extrenHv 1
the several wards over the races for - ceg on tbe attention of the public! But the CHEAPER WE SELL the MORE WE SELL,and this is the policy that has made my store the most popular trading place in Atho«
Aldermen, but nearly all the interest l^_ a j n j g; ve the public fair warning, DON’T BE MISLED BY OTHERS. D n& accept any insinuations, such as, DID YOU GET WHAT YOU BOUGHT ? I have b DS ’
is in the Mayor’s run. told that such slanders have been offered to the public against me. THEY ABE DECEIVING “YOU. What are the results? Yon are persuaded to pay ONE DOLLAR for lv en
There are but few days remaining pounds of Coffee, when five pounds you can get at my store. You take their SIXTEEN POUNDS OF SUGAR when, if you accept THEIR INSINUATIONS, you are the loser U f
for the exciting work of campaign-1 SIX MORE POUNDS, which you can obtain at my store 0
Twenty-Two Pounds G-rannlated Sugar, In the Forenoon for SB 1.00, from 7 to 12 O’clock.
I know the calls will be immense for such great amount of Sugar for $1.00, and we cannot devote our entire day on Sugar, therefore the limit from 7 to 12 o’clock, and no foiv
During the balance of the day, 20 pounds for $1.00. 3 ° r ’
gpgf 3 For the convenience of the public who cannot come down, I have put a Telephone into my store, The number is 126.. Telephone for your Groceries and Dry Goods—\
126—and you will have it promptly delivered. 1 °’
lag to go on; but it will proceed with
a vengeance in those few days. The
registration boobs are closed. Now
for the primary!
As we have just said, it is utterly
impossible to guess who will be
Mayor. Brown and Tuck are run
ning well, and everybody says it is
horse and horse.
Special SAVING SALE
THANKSGIVING DAY IN ATHENS.
Thanksgiving day will be celebra
ted in Athens, of course.
It will be observed with becoming
ceremonies and in the right spirit,
not only by the Churches, but at.
home and by the fireside as well.
Athens feels thankful with genu
ine gratitude. If there is one city in
this land of onrs that ought to feel
'thank!ul for the goods that have fall
en to its people within the past year,
sorely then that city is Athens.
There have b< en hard times in Ath
ens as there have been hard times
everywhere this year in financial cir
cles : the merchants have been hard
In Groceries for the Entire Week
Cbo’cs Gunpowder Oolong E tglish
Breakfast Tea at 24 cents.
Oui Fresh Roaated R o Coffee at 12c.
a package.
Horseshoe Soap at 3 Jc. a bar.
Stiictlv pure Olive Soap at 2.-. a bar.
Oor Racket S ap, the largest bar of
Soap known at 4c.
2 boxes shredded Oats for 25 cts;
1 dozen b^xes Matches f >r 5 cents;
7 boxes fine Salmon for 1 00;
3 l^lb sacks fine Table Silt for lOe;
6 boxes railroad Snuff for 25 cents;
Choice Miss M*ck-rels.—The Sea-bird,
the fattest, nicest Mackerel brought to
this country at 90j. for a 10 lb. k L—
<>nce y .u buy them, more you will want.
Only one kit to each custom-r. You
cannot buy them at other sl»rca for l< ss
than $1 73 per kid.
Canned go.ids ot every trait and vege
table are uow to be Imd at. my slor<.
Send your orders to inc for all ur. c ries
and save your good m mey.
i mean to sell Groceties in large quint-
ties. D >n’t be told that <his is only nu ad-
Caimed Goods,
2 lb boxes Sugar Corn for 15 cents
2 lb cans Tomatoes for 10 cents;
3 lb cans Tomatoes for 12J cents;
pressed for a season; the people have 3 lb boxes yellow Peaches for 12£ *.;
suffered in the grasp of the tight
hands of the money powers, and the
farmers are getting poor prices for
their cotton for which they have la
bored and unceasingly all the year |
’round. But, the crops have been
good generally, the harvest seasons
have been one continuous spell of
3 lb boxes Apples for 10 cents;
2 lb b >xes Lima Beans for 12+ cts;
2 lb bixes String Beans for 10 cts;
2 lb boxes Marrowfat Peas for 12£ •
2 lb boxes Pine Apples for 15 cts;
2 tb boxes Blackberries for 10 cents
2 lb b ix38 Cherries for 10 cents;
2 lb b *xes Strawberries for 15 cents
2 lb box-H Gooieberrie* for 10 cents
2 tb boxes Pears for 10 cen's;
3 lb boxes Pie Peaches lor 10 cents.
golden Bunshine, there has been but tali'.e Peaches in syrup, extra flm
little sickness, and all in all there is
much to be thankful for and little to
regret
But however hard the times might
have been, we should be thankful
that they had been no worse. There
will be Church services in all the
different Churches,and other services
herein Athens on Thanksgiviog Day.
quality fresh, ttm seas m’s canning,
larg* 3 ib cans at 121 seats a cau.
Other stores an* a-kui;’ 35c a can for them
Extra cl»- ice California and New Yotk
Table Fi-uns in heavy sirup at 15a.
oth r sto es are asking 85c.
A very large line of v^ry tine Calf raia
ali-woiil ILiii.-rwear, worth 1 25 to 2 00, at
60c. from 7 to 12 o’clockr-
Choice Ginghams at 7£c;
Flannel Skirting, worth 30c, at 12£c.
COLORED DRESS GOODS.
vertiseiuent scheme. My wareromn hi d 7 tol2 ocl -c*
store is cr iwded -*1 h Goaseties and I will
save you money if y ucall.
BIG S WING SALE THIS WEEK IN
6 piece* French Broad Cloths, worth
125 1.11 50 per yard,
Wt itti 54 mchaa, all colers, from 7 t»12
o’cl.ick at 721c. per yard.
12 pc ces Cbevoit chillis 60 inches wide,
all Wo worth 1 50 io 2 00 p. r yar .—4J
vardsmik.-sa d.ess— at 75c. a yard, from
DRYGOODS.
Good hei<y Canton F anoel in 10 yard
leng'uul 4(c —On- length to eac .custo
mer. less aud no mo.e No-te will b>
cut and sold only from
7 o 12 o’c’ock iu the For mo m
200Whte b avy cotton Bankets will
be almos' given away—only 30c apiece.
From 7 to 12 o'clock.
93 Ftue Z-pkvr Fa-ciuators, samples
Tney are Worth 75 : -o $2 00 a piece,
E om 7 to 12 o'ciis k.
For Choice 35c
The latest head gear for indies. Com
ami see tneiu
R J F.an ml, good and thick, worth 20j
a yard at 10c
Fiona 7 to 12 o’clock.
02 pi- ces Fiaticleiu-s, the very finest
Outing F.anneli-, oew designs, dark or ligut
abiding, marvel of heamies, ter Jacket.'
and D • ss -s, worth 20c. anywhere, cuoice
fr -rn 7 1112 o'clock U 10c per yard
8 pieces 10-4 s-ieuing, 253. qu.lity at
ltijc. from 7 to 12 o’cl ck.
LADIES UNDERWEAR.
THE FOLLOWING BARGAINS ABB
FORT IE ENTIRE WhEK.
To finish your Dresses if bought at my
store.
Cambrics at 4c. per yard.
Cor-et Jean- 7 •, p yard.
Silk Tun-ad B Uliu :s 100 yard at 7+c;
B ut >u hole iwi-u 3 to 5c
H uiietla- at 18c, worth 40c;
Vuieties Ser^e>, ti nrieitis, Mitulasses
Si i i Stripe, choice at 29 c -uts
All wool 54 inches Lidies Cloth, worth
90c. at 50 Cents;
BLACK DRES-GOODS
Cislimereat 12} c-nts. -
COTTON DRESS GOODS.
CLOAKS AND REEFERS.
Hire,
Very large, fine quality Gouts hand
kerchiefs at 3 cts each
Hem-'titched very fiue bordered La
dies handkercoiefs at 7£c.
worth
Just the weight and qua uy f u the wea*
ti er, at 18c. a piece.
114 very heavy La lie-t’ Underv -sts, a
mixed lo 1 , worth from 50 -• to 1 25 each,
will be sold from 7 to 12 o’clock at 35c. u
apiece
Ginghams worth 8c. at 4£c;
Elegant Calicoes it 3£c; »
twilled Reps, flannel back, worth
12£c at 8$c;
Yard wide twilled R *ps at 8£o;
Black ground white flowered French
Satteen at 8Jc, worth 20c;
Half wool, yard wide Flan lellettes,
worth 20c. at 12Jc;
Reefers in black Russian
wort.i 10 00 at 5 50;
Curly Astrachao Reefers,
15 00 at 8 50;
Misses Newm trke t Reelers at 100,
worth 3 00;
Misses woolen Jackets, worth 3 00
at 1 50;
Ladies Jackets, worth 2 50 at 1 50
Fine double front satin lined La
dies Jackets, worth from 6 50 to
12 50, choice at 4 00;
Laiies Reefer Jackets with far
reverse faci gs, worth 10 00 at 5 50;
Black Chevoit Jackets with full fur
collar down to bottom, trimmed,
worth 12 50 at 6 50;
Assortment Chevoit plain or corded
Jackets, trimmed in black tan, nat
ural O’possum, worth 14 00 at 6 00;
Every Jacket warranted the 'au-st
styles, puffed sleeves, raised shoul
ders, tight, back, loose front, elegantly
i trimmed.
Towels, good and heavy at 5c each;
Very large huck towels at cts.
Very fine bleached towe-s, yard
long a 10 cents.
Extra Fiue L : nen Fancy Border,
pink, blue, red, 35c quality at 25c
Extra loug, kno ted fringe, very
fine imp > ted liueu, 36 inch towel,
50 ceu s quality at 35 cents.
HOSIERY,
Pattern Dress Flannels, worth 20c;
at 10c;
Corded VY orsteds at 5 cts;
Wooi Cashmeres at 10 cts;
Twilled half woo! Serges, 15c qual
ity at 8$c,
Colonial C oth, 34 iuches wide, worth
12£c at cts;
'.aia a.
Ladies black Hose at 5c a p’r;
Seamless Ladies black Hose at 10c;
Children’s black ribbed hose at 7£c;
Ladies colored hose at 8£ cts.
All wooi Ladies hose at 25 cts.
HANDKERCHIEFS.
Large bordered Handkerchiefs at 15
cents a dozen.
Children handkerchiefs at lc. each
Turkey red large handkerchiefs at 25
cents a dozen.
TOWELS.
LAP ROBES.
worth
Plush Lap Robes at 2 00.
Double plush Lap Robe3
3 50 at 2 00.
Very tine double Robes worth 10 00
extra urge size to go at 6 5u. ’
SHOES, for Ladies, Children
and Men.
and
White Counterpanes
Spreads. -
Honeycomb Quilts a', 45 cents;
Heavy White Quilts at 65 cents*
Marseilles Quilts at 75 cents;
Extreme h-avy W ute Q-i 1 s, light
twilled Quilts, worth 3 50 at 1 50.
1 small lot heaviest White Q-iilt
made, 5 00 quality choice at 3 00.
BLANKETS,
warranted or
Ladies Shoes
White fleeced Blankets at 50 cents
each; worth 1 00;
Very fine white B ankets, worth 2 25
at. 100;
A1 wool Blankets, worth 3 00 at 1 90;
Red a l wool Blankets, worth 3 75 at
2 5 >,
Fine California ail wool Blank
ets at a 00, worth 8 00;
California ail wool Blankets, hea
viest made, at a great bargain;
they are worth at who esale 15 00
a pair at 10 00, '
A1 solid leather,
money refunJed.
IE3F' Good heavy
at 50 cents;
Calf Ladies "-hoes, machine
sewed, worth 2 00 at 95 cents.
Dongola Ladies Shoes, a 2 25 grade
at 1 25. b
Fu l stock Brogans, white oak hots
toms at 90 cents.
Oil grain Jieu’s buckle Shoes, worth
2 00 at 1 25.
t hoice of lot, K ingar o, or
c^lf Goodyear welt, or hand-sewed
Bals and Congre-s, worth 6 0) a pa r,
warranted, ONLY 3 00 A PAIR—
all styles toes
Children's Shoes at 50 cts.
Misses School Shoes, lace or bit ton,
2 00 quality at 1 25.
F'i‘1 S- -ck Rr •gin-, a-iy siz 1 , worth
1 2."» ai 90 cents:
>M G am-'Buckle Plow Shoes, worth
1 3» to 1 50 1 00
lleav. ti«p WouiairS ioi-8 worth 1 00 to
1 2 ) ut 66 -.
An extremely large exhibition will
be made, at the front, of my store
with paces in plain figures, marked
on each piece of goods. The prices
will at ract you before you enter the
store.
gl/F'Xemember, every article will be dolivoretl frea befera one o’clock, if bought in the foranoonr I will have three deliveries and an extra force of salespeople. Don’t stand hack on account of ti e
rush. You make and save money on the sale, and yon can be comfortably waited npon.
MAX JOSEPH, 319 and 1 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
FADDISH PHILANTHROPY-
There is too much fashionr^ie
charity, too. much feigned sympathy
for suffering humanity, too much fad
dish philanthropy in the world these
days. It is creeping into the sanc
tified circles of the Church, and is
that day with dainty and palatable
viands ! How many hearts went
away full ot joyful gratitude that
they lived among a people so gener
ous and so good 1 Can we not do
something in this way again ? Is
Thanksgiving Day to be a mere for-
taking .way among tbo domain, of I, ceUbrMio „ „ f „ „ the
homan aoisiety toaa alarming 1 m conoerned f
tent.
Of course there is a very great
deal of genuine generosity, a great
government were prostrated with the |
disease, and serious inconvenience was
caused generally in the conduct of pub- !
lie an 1 private business.
We do not predict so.
Waud McAllister’s latest contribu
deal of fai thful charity and deep I tion to current lit-rature undertakes to
sympathy «u the world, bat there is
also a very great deal of light senti»
ment that is being passed off a mis
erable counterfeit of the genuine
stamp.
(Thanksgiving Day is nigh at hand.
tell what it coats to live in upper ten-
doms. His figures are rather startling.
He tells, for ex- m pie,that be koowns of
at least four men in this country who
spent annually $400,000. This incln tes
their charities and the interest on the
capital invested in their town and coun
try houses. Then there are about thirty
In England a rich man died recently,
and 400 invitations were issued to his
“intimate friends” to attend the funer
al. Only twenty-nine came. Eight
days afterward these twenty-nine,
faithful till death, received a letter to
call on the deceased’s lawyer. They
did so, and each received according to
the will, £320 pounds if a lady, and
£200 if a gentleman. The testator fur
ther directed that the names of those
who received his bequests should be
published in the journals to punish
those who had not put themselves on 1
of their way to attend bis funeral.
tees have reported and have traversed
the streets of New York and inbested
the offices ot business men A many-
times millionaire, with an income of a
half million a year, is chairman of the
receiving committee. And yet after all
It is the season for Thanksgiving once | his beseeching, and all this parade, the
more. i millionaire chairman announces that
The days and weeks and months! ° Q ly $1,309 has been paid into his
have rolled back another year and the 1 hands.
B.-roll of life unrolls another round. Come home, Major Joe Stuart! Dis-
One is inclined at this ^season to > band your committee, withdraw your
look back over the ! appeal, and let our old soldiers retire
; >ast aud see what has come to him. It once more into the seclusion from which
s our disposition to really stop and they had better never been drawn,
consider for what we should be thank- 1 Come home, Major! The people of
ful. j Georgia pay annually over three mil-
There is enough for everyone to be iioo dollars as their share of the taxes
What abont the poor on that day ? men who spend from $700,000 to $160 -
While Atlanta is stirred from centre 000 a year, though Mr Mcallister tells
to circumference to show some sym- thf f men ar « n0 ^ o a P pier
, . . ... I than the man who lives on $8a,000
patby tor her fallen women ; while w hich Me Allisteb thinks about the
Brunswick and Savannah are moved I right figure to enable a man to main-
with a deep feeling of pity for their hia establishment in style and dis-
orphans and are keeping them com
fortable in their warm homes ; while
Thk London Spectator has recently
shown that in England the tendency of
population to the cities is irresistible,
that the young men and women are de
serting the agricultural region, and
that farmers are unable to get the la
borers-needed for cultivating the soil.
other cities are preparing to make year on her toilet and generally man
Thanksgiving a pleasant holiday for a * es to look handsome.
theit friendless, can’t Athens meet I in private Jfe Jane has ever been a
her poor, face to face that day, and good, wholesome name, but in court
The salvation army lolka have accept
ed the plans for a big temple, which
pense elegant hospitality. As for the 1 the y ar « 8° ln K 10 build in New York
average fashionable woman, we are told ! Cit y nfXt 8 P rin E “ a memorial to Mrs
that she spends from $4,000 to $6 000 a! Booth, wife of the general, who died
I a year ago. The precise location
tell them that they are at home with- circles U ha8 a rather bad record. For
in her classic gates. *£" W “ be
beaded for treason; Jane Seymour was
Nowhere is a case that calls for one of the victims of King Hal; Jane
Christian charity—the genuine arti* Beaufort, wife of James I. of Scotland,
de. A writer in one of our leading waa 8* va R el y murdeied; Jeanne de
1 . , Valois, wife of Louis XII., was repudi-
liewapapers has correctly put the ated for her * aDtof per80nal
case when he says : Jeanne J’Albert, mother of Henry IV.,
No vivid romance is attached to was poisoned by Catherine de Medici;
the destitute. Their’s is a dull, pro- Jane of Castile lost her reason through
saic story, and there is no fl ire at- the neglect of her husband, Philip the
tached to giving to them. It is all Handsome, archduke of Austria; Jane
done in a simple, dull way, without 1 of Naples caused her husband to be
f. n y g° Ba, Py a Jternoon meetings and murdered, and married his assassin,
^ e _ re ^T Dg °* school girl composi- and Jane II. of Naples was one of the
tion—-like papers on how to accom
plish this and bow to accomplish
that. It is the cbantv of which the
world knows nothing, and
Well, God help the poor on Thanks-
giving.
most wanton of women.
Evkyybopv wants to know if there
is going to ne any “gripve” this year
as there was last. The grip has besn
severely prevalent in Australia during
Well do the people of Athens re- | the P* 81 three months, the winter sea-
member one Thanksgiving day not
many years ago when the worthy
prii cipal of the Lucy C ihb Institute,
lected is not given.
A baby that is born on Sunday is
popularly supposed to be & favorite of
fortune. And the Boston Herald
thinks the charges are that the legend
will be borne out in the case of the As-
tor baby, especially as his inheritance
will amonnt to about $150,000,000
Musical notes,as now used,
invented in 1880
A SPLENDID GARDENER.
thankful.
The rich, the poor, the invalid, the
sick, those lingering in a dying condi
tion. those raveling in health and lux-
urj—all can be that kful.
«•
There is one man, however, who
ought to be thankful, and yet I have
bail him in mind in running over the
list and have not mentioned him. Just
why 1 did not mention him I am sure 1
cannot say. A hesitancy came into my
mind, perhaps, because I Enow a hesi
fancy will come into his mind when
Thanksgiving day dawns upoD this
land of the South. But, poor, patient
fellow, he will banish the thought, and
he will give thanks unto God that day
in tearful eyes, 1 know.
Pardon me, I have in mind the poor
Confederate Veteran of Georgia who
has been refused a home in
his declining years by the legislature
of that state for which he shouldered
bis musket and went to war.
I was wonderingjost what language
he would use Thanksgiving day to ex
press bis thanks. If he cannot find any
thing tangible to arouse in him a grate
ful sentiment, let him take out his
shabby trunk or wooden chest the
copy of the Atlanta Constitution con
taining, poor de-’d Henry Grady’s first
editorial in bis behalf (fori-know he
has kt pt that pape ); let him read that
editorial again aud know that it was
endorsed by his people and he will
find something for wnioa he ougnt to
be gratelul to Heaver,
a?8 ; 8ted by that noble order, the
“ King’s Daugbterp,’’ gave a great
dinner for the benefit of the poo r .
Flowers Still Blooming and Vegeta'
bles Growing,
Dr. J. C. Orr was in the offlje yester
day and brought with him several Cape
Jessamines.
He was asked where he procured these
lovely flowers at this season of the year.
He replied that they came from biB
flower garden in this city, and that
these 11 >wera were blooming at a later
date this year, than he has ever known
them to bloom before. Di. Orr has
several rose bushes in bloom and also
other flowers
He has & well cultivated garden in
which may be found all sorts of vege-
son in that part of the globe, where the
middle of July is the chill est time of
t :e year. The governor of Victoria
was confined to bis bed for several days 1 tables such as ripe and green tomatoes,
with influenza and many of his engage- a full crop of potatoes, and the like,
inents for a considerable period had to Dr. Orr is a splendid gardener, rais-
be canceled. The postmaster general, j ing any amount of vegetables and bav-
the chief secretary and minister of j ing a warm spot in his heart for the
How many hungry mouths were fed lands, and many other members of the lovely flowers.
I have just been reading
that editorial in my old
scrapbook. *lt re it is in full:
Isn’t it timo for the committee t tat is
soliciting funds in New York for a con
federate veterans’ home to recall its «>p'
peals and close up i's work?
The poverty of our old veterans has
been dragge-l through the north until it
is a sorry tale too often told. Their
wonnds and their rags have been ex
posed, even <is were those of Belis&rius
of old, and i-ot to the credit due to their
from which the soldiers of the Union
army are pensioned, and they do not
complain. Out of their poverty
this goes from free and willing
bands—and they have enough left to
take care of their own veterans who are
dependant and disabled. Como home,
Major Stuart, and let us take our heroes
to our hearts and wear them there—
never to he paraded agsin with their
limping gait, their poor wounds and
tbefr shabby raiment through the lines
of strangers of whom charity is begged
in their behalf. Somehow or other,
Goi bless them, we will manage to
make their way to the grave gentle and
trarquil; and, though their comforts
may be scant and their pleasures few,
at least their feet shall not be led into
humiliation. Come home. Major, in
no resentment, but in self-respect, let
us withdraw the appeal and hush the
S iteous story. These men fought in
onor —let them not be set on the curb
stone of distant Babylon to stir the pity
of their ancient enemies, or catch the
crumbs of a passing charity. Come
home, and oome with our thanks and
Africa, but they were in the track of
the Arab traders. One of-the Sweenys
of Virgina is said to be responsible lor
the evolution of the banjo, bun it is cer
tainly a fact that the instrument has be
come identifl-d with the negroes
through the medium of the minstrel
Blage, and, if we are to a oept it, we
shall also have >o accept the stage negro
as genuine and characteristic ”
• *
THE BAZA AX
Is Going to be a Great Success
‘•It will be an easy matter,” con
tinues Mr. Harris “for the editor of the
Banner to make an examination on his
own accouot ”
Among bis acquaintances there ir unt
be hundreds of people who are famili-tr
with plantation life, and it will bo easy
to find out from these whether the fid
dle or the banjo in any or all of its
forms was the most popular with the
negroes The writer hereof spent the
most inquisitive ye irs < f his life in the
very midst ot some of the largest plan
tations in the South, and he never saw
during that time a bar j, j n the hands
of a negro This fact is, of course, not
txo'u-ive, but it is supported by the
testimony of a great many other people
who were familiar with plantation life
before and during the war. Some ol
these, when the question was first put
to them declared positively that the
banjo was a familiar object on the plan
tation, but, on second thought, they ad
mitted that they had never seen or
heard it played on the plantation
"All this is important, but it is inter
esting, and we are frank to siy that we
should like to see the banjo restored to
its old place. There is a romance about
the myth that is dear to the imagina
tion.”
gratitude for what you have sought to
The banjo discussion is on again.
“ ~ ‘ “ few d
The Bannbr’r editorial & few days
ago charging that those who say the
ban)o was not played by the darkies in
slavery *ays on the plantations of the
South wore wrong in their conclusions
has been commented on pretty gener
ally.
Jo
Joel Chandler Harris, known every
where as Unc eR mus says the baDjo as might . he with a
a negro’s instrument is a myth. roughly cutout "n*ck” without
•ad ofi
No it is not an important discussion,
hut it is an interesting one, as Mr Har
ris 6ays it is, and especially is it interest
ing to the W akdkrek.
That the Y. M. ( . A is v. ry near to
the hearts of the ladies of Athens, has
certainly been evinced to the soliciting
corauiirtee, who say they have been
met everywhere with open hands, hav
ing scarcely met a refusal.
So they are very .sanguine of the suc
cess of their entertainment next Fiiday
night.
These ladies have not been able to see
everyone, but they hope those »* ho have
been omitted, will be kind enough to
seud their contributions just the same.
Money, edibles, fancy work, and »uy
salable articles are solicited. Send
• ither to the committee, or to the Y.
M C. A..rooms next Friday morning.
Tne committee is Mrs. Join) 1>. M
Miss Louie Lane and Mrs. A. L.
Mitchell.
The committee for tho "Art Loan” b?g
the loan of any article of bric-a-brac
curio or p oturcs to add to their exhibi
tion on Friday uiglit.
As inauy of these articles are un-
knowu save io tb- owner*, the commit
tee have not been able to ask for rhem
but will take it asa great favor if tne
b an is offered. ,
Tbegruaus. care will be taken of any
article loaned. Show case# wbl hr pro
vided for the protection of the small
and deiioate articles. -• „
The committee is—Mrs W.
Welch, Chairman; Mrs. ii. C
Miss Louie Lane, Miss Lucy Linton
andMiss Maggie Morton.
The committee on refreshments i
the Bazaar F. iday night, r.te r.ques «a
t> meet promptly at 11 o’ciock Alouuay
morning at Mrs E R Hodgson's.
This committee I# Mrs G C Thom •
chairman; Mrs Cbaibonnier, Mrs u
- Skiff. Mrs Julius Cohen,
loney, Mrs
I have ali toy life regarded the banjo) 8u»vall, Mrs Lyndon, « J T
as the handiwork of the negro, f nev- | Mm Lucy Mathe , yn
er saw a "real white man’-- banjo” as | Modgsoo, Mrs Spot r, Mrs a ^ ^
the more modern concerns are called Ml88 McWhorter,
until I went away from my father’s J Hllu,_Mrs Niobo.son, Mr
plantation to attend college. My idea I Mrs H C White, Mrs W r
„ „ Uulh
Welch
of a baDjo up to that time was the rim Mrs B B D ivis.
,»up
of a meal "sifter,” as ’twas called, cov
ered with a home tanned sbe< pskin or
coonskin just as the case
long
_ s - - , frets.
He has written along editorial in the Instead of the fancy brackets used to-
columns of the Constitution defending day on bar j s, the hide was tao-ed on
his position.
**
Here is what he says:
The Athens Banner i3 disposed to
revive the old discussion that has been
going on about the banjo and the negro,
and it *eems unable to relirquish the
idea that the banjo is the typical musical
inst ument of the negro. We are not at
all astonished at this. The idea is a
gi uiu, ttiiu I'Ul MJ Liiti Cl cull, uue IO UHMr , Iu Dan 1 > PltftVlQi
cheerful fortitude apd to the manliness ’ anJ 1 P*J the t
of our people. We have uever had any
heart in this scheme of establishing
headquarters in New York, where the
woe of our pec pie and brave i.erues
should be retailed, and a collection
taken up for their benefit, and we have
less now than ever.
The appeal has been circulated for
more thau a month in New York, pub
lic meetings have been held, and great
speeches made on both sides. Illustri
ous union generals have written let
ters endorsing the charity. Commit-
the rim with common tacks.
***
The first time 1 ever saw a banjo it
was on the knee of a big negro named
Nick Brewer, a boat hand
on the Savannah river
in the clays when cotton all along the
Savannah valley was hauled to Au
gusta by boat.
From him I received my first lesson
In ban} • playing. T learned it well,
una now whenever I
The Doll committee are rcquesteoi
meet at Mrs. E. R. Hodgson’s promF
ly at 10 o’clock Monday
Young ladies who are willing to are
dolls will please call »ntl 8 t,; . l !? ( e j,
that time. This committee is M •
H. Hull,chairman; Mrs. p. O. A<L“ 9
Mrs. Mattox, Miis Annie Crawtog
Miss Katie Louu.- DuBose. M«? B
Wade, Miss Liltie Maudevrlle, Mi#« *
na Lou Matthews.
powerful than reason. The Constitu- - .. .... ,
tion itself was shocked when the facts Gone on down to
about the banjo were brought out, and tow " nthe hratsong 1 learned,
yet the real musical instrument of the ! •'*
negroes is more satisfactory by far than I
the barjo It is, in fact, a classical in
strument, for Pan played on the quills,
and made such ravishing music that
even nature danced in unison.
Mr. Harris continues and says:
"The barjo as it is, is a white man’s
instrument; the banjo a 5 it was belongs
to the Arabians. Mr. Stanley found
some forms of it among the negroes in
My owe observation has taught me
that the baDjo is the negro’s instru
ment.
Did you ever observe how quickly the
soil of Athens can change from dust to
mud.
Try a walk down town and see.
The WandsIsr.
Little Johnnie, on seeing
for the first tim \ exolaitnecL
they skinned her mighty j l08
they; She looks worse tean A of
Aunt
di ’, uefore ma gave her that
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nervr us prostration, that she p r .
nervuUB hu , yr.
stant sufferer, night and day* . g0
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