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TXH 8SRMON OF RBV. T. R. KEN
DALL
DELIVERED LAST WEEK
At the First Methodist Church—The
Song of the Angels Should
be Our Refrain.
The Young Ladies and Girls Aid As
sociation gladly responded to the call of
Mrs. Kendall, the president, to decorate
the church for appropriate Christmas
services. Holly with bright red ber
ries and ivey were gracefully entwined
about the pa pit, choir stand and chan
cel, while the loveliest pot flowers of
sev ral varieties in rich bloom, from
Mrs. L tmar Cobb's rare collection sur
rounded the rostrum on both sides of
the pulpit.
Dr. Kendall chose for a text the An-
ge.’s bong announcing the birth of
Christ- “Glory to God in the Highest
and on earth peace, good Will toward
men.”
CHRISTMAS TICK,.
Some time from Dec. 25tb to May
18th propbcoy and the “de«ireofall na
tions” wer. fulfilled by God, being
made “manifest in the flesh.”
A large part of the world was tremu
lous with expectation <>f gome remarka
ble event to take plaoe at this time.
One of the Latin poets ~ had written
almost as graphically of this epochal
junnture as Isaiah the Prophet. Con
sultation with an oracle predicting uni*
v< real rule to some wonderful person
to live at this time caused Julius Csesar
to think himself tb» man, and attempt
to subvert the liberties of the Homan
commonwealth.
R -YAL BIRTHS.
Landward and seaward savons of
cannon announced the birth of roya}
heirs Nobles and officials gather at
the palace to tender joyful congratula
tions. But here is the only true friend
the world ever had, horn in the midst,
of of horns a~.d hoofs of cxttle, a trouh
for a crcdle and hay for a bed.
Bur. while the world in blindness and
dst kness moves o*>, the is intense excite
ment in heaven and doubtless in hell.
Heralding the wonderful news from
world to world the angels are so enrap-
tuled that they go beyond their com
mission, perhaps, and sing out the glad
tidings t. the shepherds of Bethlehem.
THE GOSPEL IN SONG.
Whether the song of the angelu was
impromptu or composed for theocctsion
beforehand we know not, bat ir, em
braces well nigh all the gospel.
“Glary to U -d in the Highest.”
This refers to the expressed gloiy of
God as manifested in creative
wisdom and and redemptive riches.
God’s inherent and essential glory is in
finite, and oanno’ bespoken of *n de
grees. But this expressed Jglory in the.
cr- ation of matter animal life, man, an-
g-1- and arch ange's varies in degree.
Ti eat gels'meant that the incarnation
—God i hiimnn fle-di—was the highest.
po=sible manifestation of God’s g’ory
‘P ACK ON EARTH ”
A few drops of tl e rarest extrr-ct of
India’s perfume contains the lasenee of
a whole tie la of sweetest flowers
Dono' ibese few words contain tbs'
for which thy heart, of the world
has been hr< aking for these six thou
sand years—“The whole creation
grnaneth and travaileth together in
pain until now ”
The history of man should have been*
written with a sw’ord-point dipped in
biother's blood
“Men’s inhnmani’y to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.
“Without, were fightings, with'n
were fears,” is the experience of hu
man life- What mean t.he temples of
Greece, Kgvpt, China and India? Sin
has stbrated between the nations and
God, and these idolatrous altars are
mistaken but pathef'c pleadings for
‘peace.”
Thank God for the gift of “peace”for
the. world. As many as will receive our
cherish shall acknow’edge, “Therefore
being justified by faith we have pvuce
wi'-h God through our Lord Jesus
Christ ” The gospel waves au olive
branch to all men—“good-news from
far country.”
GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.
I stood on the field of Chickamauga
the night after the battle—ail « as peace.
The pivotal battle of Gettysburg decid
ing the fate of the Confederacy,
closed after shocks of cannon, whistling
of minnie balls and groans of dying
men in the silence of “peace.” But
there was no “good will.”
It is well the angels tong did not end
without this last glorious peroration —
“good will toward men.”
The gospel of Jesus somehow has
power to make anybody love their
neighbor. When the soul receives
Christ, if all the world had one neck the
heart would embrace it.
“GOD IS LOVE.”
Oh, if the Gospel could have free
course, the standing armies of the na
tions could disband. Men have been
trained and equipped for war through-
on' the centuries like cocks for the pit
The annual expense of this fighting
preparations would feed and clothe all
the poor of earth end give the Gospel
to all people.
Prophecy has foreseen the time when
“good will toward men” shall be
so universal through the Gospel ef
Christ that the “wolf shall dwell with
the lamb, the leopard lie down with
the kid, and the lion eat straw with the
ox.”
‘‘There shall he nothing to hurt or
destroy in all the eartu ”
If my Saviour was not opposed by
mau, “good will toward men” would
cover the earth like waters the grea
deep.” All jails and penitentiaries
would be torn down and police dis
banded.
The earth would be girdled with
zone of brotherly love. Will not all of
ns take the angels song then for our
song. “Glory to God in the highest
and on eat th peace, good will toward
men.”
— 4-
Makried—On Sunday mdrning. at
the residence i f the bride’s mother, at
Prirceton Factory, by Rev. E. D. Stone
Mr. D. J; Giles to Miss Mattie Loyern
'Jhe young couple have many friends
who extend congratulations and wish
for them a long and happy life.
Ahead of All Other Southern States
In Railway Building.
In Georgia last year 244 miles of new
railroad were built. Pennsylvania’s
new mileage was just nine miles more.
Georgia led in construction until six
weess ago. Pennsylvania pulled up at
the end of the year and passed this state
by a neck.
The six south Atlantic etates laid
1,096 miles of new track, while the six
New England Btates laid only fifty
miles.
Last year’s total mileage, according to
The Engineering News, was 4,093,
making the mileage of the United States
171,106. This is a falling off of 1,574
miles from 1890. Washington and
South Carolina were close together, hav
ing laid 220 and 219 miles respectively.
Kansas laid only'two miles in 1891.
Five years belore, that state laid 2,102
miles. Maryland added only three
miles in 1891 and Rhode Island only
four miles.
There are 1,200 different railroad com
panies in the United States, employing
750,000 men.
Returns to Visit the Scenes of His
Youth.
Yesterday an old gentleman walked
into the Banner office and introduced
himself as Mr. W. H. Earnest, of Sum
merville, Calhoun county, Arkansas.
A short conversation with him
brought out the fact that be was an old
citizen of Clarke county; that he once
resided near Watkinsville, and that in
1847 he had removed to Arkansas.
Mr. Earnest had returned to Geor
gia to re-visit the scenes of
his youth and hence at
onre came to Athens.
He showed a pocket book given him
in 1847 that looked as old then, he said,
as it does now. It was given him by
bis grandfather, Mr. Jim Beasley, fami-
larly known as “Greenbriar Jim,” by
which name many of the old citizens of
this section may recollect him.
Mr. Earnest subscribed for the Ban
ner and will keep up with the news of
his old home Bection when he returns
to Arkansas
AN OLD GENTLEMAN
A BIG COMPANY
ORGANIZED TO WORK THE GRAN
ITE BEDS OF LEXINGTON.
BANNER TUESDAY MORNING
PECULIAR FIGHT-
JANUARY 0, 1892
;
A SPLENDID INDUSTRY
That Will ba Developed to the Advan
tage and Benefit of Athens and
Northeast Georgia—The
Moving Spirits.
AT THE ALTAR
Where Marriage Vows are Plighted.
Two very notable events in which all
Athens is interested will take place on
the 13tb and 14th of January in widely
separated places.
The first is the wedding of Miss Nina
Wilkins, of Waynesboro, to Mr. Chas.
Scndder, which takes place in
Waynesboro on the 14th.
Miss Wilkins in her many visits to
Athens has made hosts of friends who
appreciate her for her many womanly
gr»ces and charming ways. Mr. Scud-
der has made a wonderful success in the
business world and bis sterling quali
ties are known to every one.
The other event takes place in De
troit on the 13tb, the wedding of Miss
Fannie Brooke of that city to Mr
Charles - B. Griffith. Miss
BrooKe has made several visits to Ath
ens at. the homes of her relatives and
others and bad formed many warm
friendships here. Her vivacity and wit
joined with her many graces have made
her a great favorite. Mr. GrifFeth is a
prominent figure in the cotton world
and his friends are legion.
Both gentlemen are members of the
Athenaeum, Mr. Griffetb being presi
dent and Mr. Scudder vice president,
consequently it is presumed that the
club will tender them a reception upon
their return.
Another big industry for Northeast
Georgia
And one that will do much for the
npbnilding of Athens.
Such is the industry that will go under
the name of the Lexington Bine Gran
ate Company, hereafter, and the
work in which this company will be en
gaged will be the quarrying of granite
from the magnificent beds at Lex
ington.
A few years since Messrs. Hamilton
MoWhorter and W. M. Howard bought
several hundred acres of land near Lex
ington, in whiob there was the granite
quarry.
They went to work and formed the
Lexington Terminal road, built it to
this quarry, and have shown the public
what beautiful stone is turned out from
their quarry.
Athens has several samples of this
blue granite, which sustains a lovely
polish, among which is to be fonnd the
stone work of the New Savings Bank
building.
A short while since Messrs. McWhor
ter and Howard sold oofcbonds in the
road and stock in the quarry company
to the amount of fifty thousand dollars,
retaining a tenth interest eaoh in these
possessions.
The company baying the four-fifth «
i these enterprises s
composed of splendid men of fine busi
ness qualifications. They are Messrs.
James M. Smith, R- K Reaves, James
White, W. W. Thomas, Joseph Mc
Whorter, Hamilton McWhorter, Wm
Howard, John C. Hart, and J. H.
Rucker.
It will thus be seen at a glance that
the men who compose the Lexington
Blue Granite Company are men who
understand how to make an enterprise
successful, and who will make the
name of the Lexington Blue Granite
well known all over the country.
This granite is said to be the very
finest it. the South and this company
will be certain to do our immense busi
ness from the beginning.
Just keep an eye on this live com
pany. They are determined to make
the granite business a profitable indus
try not only to themselves bat to North
east Georgia.
THE OLD FREE STATE.
Puts up a bad
Christmas Week Re
cord.
A Princeton Student Missing.
Washington, Jan. 2.—Ralph Warren
of New York city, a Princeton college
student and a well known foot ball
player, left the honse of friends where
he was visiting, at 2013 Hillyer place.
Wednesday morning, and has not been
seen since. He attended the glee club
concert at the reception at the vice
president’s Tuesday evening, and atter-
wai d complained of headache and start;
ed out for a walk about 7 o’clock. He
failed to return, and his friends ant
. greatly alarmed over his disappearance.
Theyonng man’s father in New York
was wired and the police requested to
P**» a lookout for him.
Danielsvillb, Ga., Jan. 2. [Spe
cial ]—Holidays are over and the
record of the old Free State is not one
of which to be proud.
A fearful and bloody fight took place
n Harrison district yesterday between
Messrs. David Johnson and James
Cheek. Johnson has been in Texas for
some time leaving his wife who had su
ed for a divorce.
Cheek was, hi red by Johnson to stay
With bis family while Johnson was
away. , Johnson returned
Christmas and he and Cheek were to
go to Texas together.
Johnson attacked Cheek at his former
home with a knife, slashing his clothes
and inflicting slight wounds. Cheek
struck Johnson in the face with a rook'
and Johnson renewed his attack with
his knife
Cheek then drew his pistol and shot
Johnson through the body, He escaped
and no arrest has been made.
Mr. Sam Porterfield, who was shot in
the breast while running ou Will's
McCurdy with a knife, is getting well
McCurdy has not been arrested.
Dock Moon, colored, who shot the
negro, John Brawner, with a shot gun
escaped and has not yet been caught.
Mr. Berry J. Wilson, who killed his
father-io-law, Mr. Lewis Smith, by
sbootipg him with a pistol, has never
left, but kept, himself away from the
sheriff’s reach to wait until the health
of the family ot his attorney. David W,
Meadow, would permit him to look after
the case. He came up Taesday and the
court of inquiry found % the killing justi
fiable, dismissed the warrant and Wilson
is a free man.
A PRETTY COMPLIMENT
WOMAN ENTERS THE PRIZE
RING WITH A.PUGILIST.
SHE KNOCKS HIM OUT.
Feather-Weight McMahon Is the
Worsted Party—The Winner,
Whose Identity Has Not Been
Revealed, Gets $500.
Indianapolis, Jan. 2.—The news has
just leafed out of a peculiar prise fight
which occurred her* at the Road house
of Sim Coy, tho notorious politician and
tally-sheet forger.
One of the principals was Patrick
McMahon, who has some reputation as
a feather-weight pugilist, hut the more
brterettin; of the two was a woman,
whose identity is not revealed, hut who
is thought to be the wife of a railroad
conductor on Big Four.
She was dressed in pink tights and
short skirts, and tipped the beam at 163
pounds. Two dozen sports saw the fight,
which lasted nine rounds.
The first seven rounds were bloody,
the woman having the best of the fight.
At the end ef the seventh round the
combatants ■ wore so bruised that half
an hour’s rest had to be taken, and the
ninth round ended with McMahon be
ing stretched out on the floor, knocked
out by a heavy blow from the Amazon’s
left upon his neck. She was awarded a
$500 purse.
SOPER’S RECORD,
Hie conduct as Secretary of the State
of Michigan.
Lansing, Jan. 3.—The committee ap
pointed to investigate the conduct of
ex-Secretary of State Soper, have made
exhaustive reports, finding that Soper
had distributed, contrary to law, 942
volumes, costing the state $1,6)3. H<-
made purchases of folding beds, mat
tresses. springs, rugs, towels, blankets,
typewriters and desks to the amount of
$921, all of which is declared unneces
sary and extravagant. There is practi
cally no evidence showing that ho has
profited personally by these purchases
or received any money for distributing
the hooks. There are but few letter*
found showing that state funds have
To a Young Lady Well Known Here.
We clip the following from the Wash-
ngton Chronicle:
There will be at the Chicago Fair^
very impressive opening ceremonies
and they want thirteen young ladies to
represent thirteen original states. Of
course they must come from these
states, and Georgia is one. There has
been some talk about it, various cities
proposing that they shall furnish the
young lady.
It seems they want yonng ladies who
are descendants of those connected
with the state history. Now we
suggest as the most suitable per
son to represent Georgia, Miss Cornel
ia Jackson of Atlanta. She is a deceud-
antofGen. James Jackson, a promi
nent actor in Georgia's revolutionary
struggle, a governor of Georgia too,
who was elected in opposition to the
Yazoo hill. Miss Jackson’s great
grandfather was the first chief justice
of Georgia in its palmy ante helium
days, Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin.
Her paternal grandfather, Gen. H. R.
Jackson, is a distinguished Mexican
veteran, and also a Confederate vete
ran ; and her maternal grandfather
Gen.T. R R. Cobh was slain on the
Confederate side 1n the late war. Of
course if we are called onto introduce
Georgia's history,w6 are not going to
leave out her Confederate record, not a
bit of it.
Theyonng lady is a lovely young
girl, with the attractive modesty which
makes her mother so charming- a wo
man.
We do not think any other lady -can
show such a connection with Georgia
history. There are many descendants
of revolutionary heroes bat most of their
ancestors fought in Virginia.
We announce ourselves for Miss Cor
nelia Jackson. She would honor Geor
gia in any assemblage anywhere.”
tee say that Soper task away
at least 600 letters ef that sfcaraotar.and
the amount of misappropriations can
never be determined. No erideace to
show the receipt of commission upon
purchases for the state is presented.
Soper bonght 41,191 pounds of paper
at a coot to the state of $3,112 89, whieh
will aot be used until after the legisla
tnre of 1893 meets. He took $200 for
expenses of a trip to the Upper Penin
sula as a member of the state board of
equalization, while ether member-
drew but $88.30. He charged and was
wrongfully allowed per diem compensa
tion while upon business of the state.
IN BATTLE-ARRAY.
NEV/ TEACHERS
TH* EHUAR CABINET
•oaeGUrfieK »ke Vrittntr»wal or Malta’s
Offeuir* Note.
Washington, Jan. a—The new Chil
ian oeWnefc are considering the with
drawal of the effenshre note sent by ex-
Poreign Minister Matts in reply to our
feanmd relative to the Baltimore affair.
This presumptuous document will most
likely bs withdrawn. Germany has
effeced to act as arbitrator between the
two countries. Uncle sam doesn’t want
any arbitration. Peace seem3 to be in
sight. >
Ka-ners to a Slugger.
Paterson, TS. 3., Jan. 2.—Five thou
sand persons welcomed home Austin
Gibbons, the vanquisher of Andy Bow
en in a recent fight in New Orleans. A
brass band furnished patriotic music,
S»d Gibbons was carried on the shoul
ders of ardent admirers to his brother’s
saloon, where he was met by his mother,
who coveredHiim with kisses. He is in
fine condition!
Uncle Saw’s Reguiarsfand Garza’s
Men Meet.
Bah Antonio, Jan. 2.—A battle has
been fought between Captain Bourke’*
command and Garza’s forces, Mid th.
United States troops are undoubtedly
in a very critical position at present.
The fears of General Stanley for the
safety at Captain Bonrke and his men
were greatly augmented by the receipt
of a dispatch from Captain Hardie, of
the Third cavalry.
The dispateh came from a small sta
tion on the Mexican Central railroad,
where B had been sent by a courier. It
was so badly garbled in the transmis
■ion that the exact meaning ef the dis
patch could not he made oat; bat
enough was gleaned from it, however,
to learn that an engagement had taken
place between Captain Bourke’a men
and the revolutionists, and that the
former are in a critical position.
General Stanley, who ordered the dis
patch repeated, has received no reply as
yet. A fight occurred in either Starr or
Duval county, and it is knows that
Garza's, forces largely outnumbered
Unde Sam’s. Bonrke's point is so diffi
cult of accees, owing to dense chap-
parel, that it is feared no relief can
reach him in time to save his command
from annihilation.
• Clements It Is.
Washington, D. C., Jan 2.—Spe
cial.—The president has made out the
commission of Hon. Judsoh C. Clem
ents as Inter-State Commerce Commis
sioner to fili the place made vacant by
the dea b of General Walter L. Bragg.
Elected by tho Board of Education
Yesterday.
The Board of Education met yester
day afternoon in regular session with a
fall board excepting Col. Dobbs.
Misses Kirkpatrick and Proctor were
elected teachers and Miss Annie Pat
man Principal of the Meigs Street
school.
Miss Eula Bird, Miss Ferry Bird and
Miss Lyle were elected to the substi
tute corps.
The resignations of Miss Conger and
Miss Bacon were accepted.
The bill of the water works for water
wasted at the Washington
Street school during the
time that the new sanitary arrange
ments were being put in place was re
ferred to the city council under whose
supervision the workjwas done. After
transacting other routine business the
Board adjourned. The down town
primary will open Monday morning in
its new home, the old Talmage home
stead, thoroughly equipped in every
way and officered by a splendid corpsof
teachers.
Act at a Drunken Man.
WbODBTOT, Toon., Jan. 2.—While in
toxicated. Robert Milligan was shot
awl killed by Mrs. John Pendleton.
While trying to strike her with a fence
rail. Milligan broke down the door to
gain an entrance to the honse. The
weapon used was -a shot gnu, the charge
tiering the forehead and death result
SHE PRESENTED A REVOLVER
tVhea She Conductor Asked for Her
Tteket and He Passed Os,
Moulton, la., Jan. 2. —This plac*
has been thrown into .considerable ex
dtemsnt the past three days by thr
strange action of a yonng lady of
Browning, Mo. Recently she clad her
self in male attire, and boarding a nigh
stock train on the Kansas City railroad
came to this city. When the condnc
tor asked her for her ticked she pre
seated a revolver and remarked that
she guessed it was good for her pass t<
destination. The conductor said i>
was a batter hand than he held, and
passed on to the next station. Arriving
here the yonng lady went to a hotel and
secured a room, and that night tool,
morphine with suioidal intent. Her
E oans aroused the guests, and one
ntley and the hotel keeper went into
the room and discovered her oondition,
M well as her disguised sex. A physi
cian was called and succeeded in saving
her life. Word was sent to her parent-
at Browning and her mother came up
and pleaded with her to go nome, bu:
the girl refused to do so, having taken
a strong Iking to yonng Bentley. Then
ItojM wm ptocsd wafer arrest, token
la tfis fefe kaaseand In-feed in a room
fenSt llf. Bfefley* Mends followe
and wsat ifew fbo vmtm and by fore
teak fho girl hack to tho first hotel. N
papers are issued for her arrest on ih-
ground of insanity, but Mr. Bentley’.-
;roung friends, in his absence, hav
iaten it upon themselves to secrete t*>
strange acting girl so that the office,
can net find her. She is still not to b
feoad.. ft is ramored Bentley is going
to marry her.
WWikf Barrel Explosion.
Nrw York, Jam. 9.—The inmates of
the Washing Avenue hotel at Laurel
HHl, L. L, were startled by an explo
sion in the cellar of the honse. The
proprietor, Overseer of the Poor J. E.
McCarthy, rushed down stairs and
found the bar tender, Thomas Higgins,
lying en the cellar floor suffering from
severe injuries which had been caused
by the explosion of a whisky barrel. I'
appears the barrel was nearly empty,
and the bar tender was trying to re
move the spigot to place in another,
when the barrel suddenly blew up
throwing him to the floor and wreckin.
the establishment generally. The ex
plosion is supposed to have b< ea cause-
by a lighted match dropping into the
barrel and igniting the vapor arisini
from the remainder of the whisky.
HlMoagheA Him.elf to Death.
South Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 2.-
Charles Heft of B. Freemansbnrg, has
died of strangulate Irorcria-, or aggra
vated bioeoughing, aged 76. He hie
coughed eleven days. The case is an
extraordinary one and attracted much
attention among medical men.
The Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion Hold Their Annual Busi
ness Meeting, v
Promptly at 7:45 o’clock the regular
annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A. was
called to order by President D. C. Bar-
row, Jr. *
Secretory Reese stated the business
to be disposed of was the election of
three new directors, by the members of
the Association, and the appointment
of the new committees for 1892.
On request for nominations Mr. W
. GrifFeth was nominated to take the
place vacated by Mr. J. C. Hutchins
from Episcopal church was unanimous
ly elected a director.
Mr. M. J. Abney was elected to fill
the vacancy created by the expiration
of the term of Mr. P. J. Voss, of the
Baptist chmeh and was unanimously
elected.
Mr. Marion Hall was elected to fill
the vacancy created by the expiration
of Mr. H- H. Linton’s term.
Mr. E. E. Jones was then elected an
advisory ‘.member of the directory
and notice was given
that at the February meeting a resolu
tion would be offered to increase the
number of directors from 9 to 11.
A statement was then made regard
ing the coming of C. K. Ober, acting
state secretary, also of the-financial out
look for 1892. The Entertainment
Committee and the Ladies Auxiliary
were requested to prepare a special pro*
gram in honor of Mr. Mr. Ober’s pres-
sence, and will be rendered next Wed
nesday night. Social, Association, and
refreshment lectures will appear on the
program.
Mr Geo. T. Hodgson was elected a
member of the Gymnasium Committee.
Dr. J. M. Lumpkin was made chair
man of Devotional Committee, Mr.C.A.
Rowland chairman of Membership Com
mittee, Mr. J. D. Moss,chairman enter
tainment Committeee. The Associa
tion meeting then adjourned.
The directors present having a quor
um were called to order by President
Barrow-. The Vice President took the
chair and called for nominations. Prof
C. Barrow Jr , was selected Presi
dent and Mr. E. R.Hodgson Vice Pres
ident, Mr. Marion Hall Treasurer, Mr.
M. J. Abney Assistant Treasurer. The
directors then adjourned.
Xmr Democratic Voter*. _
Pbovtdenbb, Jan. 9.—The registra
tion just closed throughout the state
shows an increase over 1890 over 7,000,
or about 95 par oent. majority, whion
new voters are claimed by the Demo
crats.
PERKINS SUCCEEDS PLUMB.
Ingalls Thtown to xhe Ground With
Heavy Thud by Governor
Humphrey,
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 1.—At 6:
o’clock this afternoon, Governor Hum
phrey ended the senatorial struggle
and appointed ex-Congressman Bishop
W. Perkins United States senator, to
succeed the late Preston B. Plumb.
DEATH OF MR. TOOMBS MEADOW.
After a Painful Illnes9 a Popular
Young Business Man Passes Away
Mr. Toombs Meadow, a popular and
energetic young business man, who had
been connected with the house of J S
King & Co. for some time, died on Sun
day night, after a severe illness of
pneumonia.
Everything that skill and the minis-
tration of loving hands could do was
done to arrest the dread dis
ease, but alas! it was all of no avai',
and he died as above stated.
A little less than a year ago, he led his
fair young bride to the altar, and life
S read out before the young coup’e
with the fairest prospects for length of
days and happiness; but all that hns
ended uow, in dreary and heart-crush
ing disappointment. May God com
fort the sorely bereaved wife.
Mr. Meadow was an excellent young
business man, upright in all his deal
ings, and posses-ei those amiable traits
of character that won friends of all
who became acquainted with him.
He was a brother of Mr. D. W. Mead
ow, of Danielsville, and leaves many
friends in Madison county as well as in
Athens to mourn his early death.
In Birmingham.—Mr. J. C. Mell, one
of the Classic City’s most pushing
y ung business men is in Birmingham,
.ila., where he is looking around with
a view to locating there.
JUG TAVERN JOTTINGS.
HOW TO KILL IT.
1. Forget all about it until the hi
rives.
2. Come ten minutes 1at*>, and sit
the door.
S Drag the innstc slow, painfully si
each singing is so appropriate for a dei
piayer-meeiing.
4. When the meeting is began, wait for
o hers to speak or pray.
5. When yon do take part, occupy about
twenty minutes.
6. Be sure lo bewail the low spiritual
co dition of the church.
7. When the ineetiug doses, go out as
from a funeral. You can speak with the
brethren or tho strangers at some other
lime or place.
8. If you mention the meeting during the
week, tell how dull it was.
9 If this does hot kill the prayer-meet-
log, stay away entirely for six months or a
year.
now TO HELP IT.
1. Read tbs list of topics from time to
time.
2. Be in your seat , when the bell stops
ringing.
Sing as though you enjoyed the mtt- -
sic.
4. Be among th e first to do your part.
6. Occupy a very few minutes in giving a
pr s nt experience.
6. Be present every meet ing, rain or shine,
especially rain.
7. Speak to seme one else through tho
week about the importance of such
gatherings, and invite him to the next
one.
8. Make a point of shaking bands with,
those present; it will [help them and may
not harm you.
A STEWARD OF THE LORD.
In the published sermon of a popular
preacher I find this paragraph;
“Man is a|steward. He takes life an the
gift of a Creator. He has no inherent
iglite. He creates none. He is in trust
with all that he has. AU things are de
rived. God gave them as an absolute gif;
in the beginning, and every means and aid
by which they have been increased. In a
sort of a general way we admit tbU, bW. - ‘
in such a light and free and easy way as
really not t*> feel it as we ought to. A
man proposing a profession or a life work,
is m t at liberty to lake up that which
pleases his fancy or promises the greatest
rt muneration simply. Under all of that is
the judgment question, Which is most
useful? How can I serve my race best?
Chewed Off Hie Nose.
Louisville, Jan. 2.—John Dudgeon
white man, was arrested on a wav
rant charging him with mayhem. Ou
Christmas day Dudgeon and a mat
named Long, lx>th of whom were drink
ing, engaged in a row, which waa fol
lowed by a fight. In the scuffle Dnd-
jeon knocked Long down, catching him
oy the nose with his teeth, and held on
like a bulldog. * ’tong pleaded for mer
cy, but Dudgeon continued to chew on
his countenance until the end of his
nose was entirely bitten off. The in
j lured man waa token to his home near
iy, where he received medical atten
tion. Dudgeon skipped out, but was
apprehended.
HAPPENINGS THE WORLD OVER.
The Doings of Christmas Week
Briefly Told.
Jug Tavern, Ga., Jan. 2.—[Special.
—Christmas passed away quietly with
out any serious casualities to speak of
Miss Dsisy Thompson did not spend
her Christmas at home. She bad gone
to Doug'assville to visit her aunt, and
her return was anxiously awaited. • But
Mr. Arthur McElhannon, of Athens,
was on the alert and made her his bride
ere her friends at home could interfer-.
' Miss Daisy is a beauty of fourteen sum
mers and Mr McElhannon has indeed
captured a prize.
Mrs. Wade Bush, one of our oldest
and most loved ladies, died at her home
today She had been unwell tor some
. time, and her death was no surprise,
though much lamented a
Thomas W. Day, who kept the bar
justoutside.the town limits, has de
parted for part3 unknown. Unlike
Steve Ryan, he had money and he took
it With him. He left off his liquor bus
iness just in time to ayoid the rush of
the sheriff, who will now set ’em up at
Kewi Dispatches Gathered from Differ
ent Sections of the Globe.
Five Vermont "boys” celebrated their
forty-eighth annual dinner in New
York.
A London crank was arrested while
firing at the honse of commons with a
revolver.
Vice Admiral Nezienoff of the Rus
sian navy was robbed ol all his personal
eff :ts by a woman of the street in Chi
cago.
A Baltimore special says: The Even
ing News has passed into new hands.
It will advocate Mr. Cleveland’s nomi
nation and his tariff views. Charles H.
Grasty, of Kansas, will have editorial
charge.
A Baltimore Presbyterian, who had
bequeathed $21,600 to Union Theologi
cal seminary, changed his will, givin .*
this amount to another institution o::
account of the question as to Professor
Briggs’s orthodoxy.
An explosion of gun-cotton took place
in Dublin castle in part of .the building
where the privy - council was to have
met. Two rooms were destroyed. It is
thought the "physical force” element of
Irishmen had something to do with the
explosion.
A Goshen, Ind., special says that Mrs.'
Minnie Hansen, who was granted a di
vorce from her husband, was married
in the evening to F. L. Morehouse, o'
Elkhart, who makes her sixth husband
she having been divorced from all fiv<
who were before.
A Paris dispatch says: Ths Tribunal
has declined to either award damages to
Marie Van Zandt or tto compel the
newspaper, Le Petit Parisian, to pub
lish in one of the American newspaper
the apology t makes for stating that
she waa drunk on the stage daring n
S erformance in the St. Petersburg opera
ouse.
A London dispatch states that King
Leopold, of Belgium, is suffering from
influenza. Many deaths from influenza
have occurred in Vienna during the
week. Business is suffering in conse
qnence of the ravages of the epidemic.
Cognac is largely prescribed by the
doctors, proving effective in the initia
tory stages.
Religious Department
■, J|. mg
Where is my place ih the great scheme of
mankind?” -■
~ There is a great deal of troth packed in
tnoBe tew lines. A recognition of the fact
of,stewardship would solve an immense
number of the questions that perplex us.
If we are not our own, and nothing that
we have is our own—if our lives, our tal-
en's, oar property, are !be Lord’s, then we
are simply to say, “Lord, what will thou
have me do ?’ ! And obey as He responds in
bis providence, by His word, or by His
Spirit. The trouble wiih most of us is, not
that we don't know what God would
have us do, but that we don’t want to do
it. We ask Him to excuse us, just as if He
was seeking a favor and not claiming a
right
God is all for quality: men is for quanti
ty. But the immediate need of the world
at this moment is not more of us, but. If I
may use the expression, a better brand of
us. To secure teh men of improved type
would be better than if we bad ten thous
and more of the average Christians distri
buted all over the world. There Is sncli
a thing in the evangelistic sense as wincing
the whole world and losing our own souL
And the first consideration is our own life, *
our own spiritual relations to God, ouir
own likeness to Christ. And I am anx
ious, briefly^to look at the right and wrong
way of becoming like Christ, of becoming
better men—the right and wrong way of
sanctification.—“Thr Perfected Life,” by
Henry Drummond.
THE MMKBTS.
Banner Office. Athens, Jan. 2.—
New York and Liverpool exchanges
are both closed today, consequently no
quotations are obtainable.
The local market has been somewhat"*'
stronger notwithstanding reports of
great stocks in Liverpool, New Orleana
and New York.
ATHENS MARKET.
Good middling
Strict middling
Middling
Strict low middling
Low middling
Tinges
Stains
Receipts, 65 hales; sales, 23
Receipts to date. 41,873 stock, 11,483
Tone, steady.
Groceries and Provisions.
Messrs. J. S. King & Co. report
Sugar—Standard Granulated Bbl 4^
m
71-4
7.1-8
7
67-18S
6 %
3%
6-6
w
ExC
H ” V-
Bbl $5.
$5.25 to $5 05
$6,00 to $6.60
18 to 20^c
:i21d to 13o
6% to 6>£c
9o
Flour, Family
Straight
Best Patent
Coflee
Hams best
Meat
Lard BestLeaf—basis
Corn white
Mixed
Hay No. 1 .Timothy per ton . .$20
Bran per lOOlbs $1.18 to $1.20
Oats Feed 45 to 60
Oats Rust Proof 60
Best Texas RustProof Sy 65
Meal 70 to 75c
Bagging 21b Full Weight 7c
“ 2J£lb “ “ fl! 7 l A
Ties $1.40 to $1.46.
A Bellevue, Mo., special says that
William W. Wittig, Lon county, Mo.
has a giant in the person of William
Townsend of Bellevue. He was 18
years old last July. His height is 6 feet
6 inches, and he weighs 19 f pounds.
He wears a No. 7| bat and- a No. 15
shoe. ’His trouser’s leg measures 37J
inches in length.
A Guthrie, Ok., special says: At
Chandler the bride of Henry A. Red
mond was fonnd dead in a tent with a
bullet through her heart. Her hus
band claimed that she had committed
suicide, but the doctors said she could
not have fired the shot, and her husband
is in jail charged with murdering her.
They had heen married but three weeks
ago at Leon, Kan.
A Washington special says; John M.
Finnerty, the inventor of the cotton
picker, died here. He was 74 years old.
Mr. Finnerty was born in Ireland, and
after coming to tins country engaged in
business in St. Louis, where he was ac
cumulating a fortune when the war be
gan. He lost all by the war. Mr. Fin
nerty was also the inventor of a rail-
NOTICE TO DEBTOHS AND CREDITORS.
'All persons having demands against the estate
ofGeorge E. Heard, deceased, are hereby no
tified to render in their demands to the under-
bigned, and all persons indebted to said estate,
arerequired to malic immediatolpajment. De
mands to be rendered to N. G, Long, Execator,
Elberton, Ga. ^
y. C. HEARD, Ex’x.
auction, at; the district court ground
It leaves us a dry town and communi- ! road*spike and a ballot-box.
ty.
| “WORTH A GUINEA ABOX^
PAINLESS-EFFECTUAL
FOR
1 BILIOUS I NERVOUS
DISORDERS.,
Such as Sick Headache,Wind and Pain in the
Stomach, Giddiness, Fullness, Swelling after
Meals, Dizziness, Drowsiness, Chills, Flush
ings ot Heat, Loss of Appetite. Shortness
of Breath.Costiveness, Scurvy,Blotches on the j
Skin, Disturbed Sleep.Frightful Dreams and $
all Nervous and Trembling Sensations. Every «
sufferer is urged to try one box.
Of all druggists. Price 2£ cents a box.
New York Depot, 365 Canal St.
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